pancake
noun
[ ˈpankeɪk ]
• a thin, flat cake of batter, fried on both sides in a pan and typically rolled up with a sweet or savoury filling.
• "crispy pancakes filled with cheese"
Similar:
crêpe,
drop scone,
galette,
waffle,
griddle cake,
batter cake,
flannel cake,
flapjack,
slapjack,
blini,
tortilla,
tostada,
chapatti,
dosa,
latke,
blintze,
• make-up consisting of a flat solid layer of compressed powder, used especially in the theatre.
pancake
verb
• (with reference to an aircraft) make or cause to make a pancake landing.
• "the plane landed, pancaking down on the runway"
• flatten or become flattened.
• "Hurley's car was pancaked"
Origin:
late Middle English: from pan1 + cake.
