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How to use pancake in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Pancake means an thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened. Example: “One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.”

Examples of pancake by meaning

nounA leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.

  • America is holding a plate of pancakes in one hand and a fork with a slice of pancake in the other.2001, Alice A. Deck, ““Now Then—Who Said Biscuits?” The Black Woman Cook as Fetish in American Advertising, 1905–1953”, in Sherrie A....

nounA kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.

  • And us, me wearing pancake with my eyebrows recently plucked archly, done by Little Amber, the beauty-school student quean, in Bryant Park.1984 April 14, Freddie Greenfield, “Spoiling the View”, in Gay Community News, page 19

nounA type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the...

  • have been working on pancake throws with rings for the past few months and I have been trying to make the throws perfectly spun and as consistent as possible.2004, Beinn Muir <bm260@nospam4me.cam.ac.uk>, “Ring juggling: pancake throws”, in rec.juggling (Usenet)

nounComposite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later...

  • The composite material, called pancake, is made by an operative, usually a girl, called a pancake-maker; it is used sometimes for soles as well as heels.1903, Davis Rich Dewey, Twelfth Census of the United States: Special report: Employees and Wages, page 1200

More sentences with pancake

  • One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.From the entry give
  • To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the pancake batter.From the entry batter
  • He was out of pancake mix so he had to make the batter from scratch.From the entry from scratch
  • Each pancake comes with a dollop of suspiciously soft butter in a tiny plastic cup.From the entry dollop
  • If something that heavy landed on him, he'd be squished flat as a pancake.From the entry flat as a pancake
  • I use a cast iron skillet for frying pancakes.From the entry cast iron
  • Watching old Bill munch his pancakes makes me hungry!From the entry munch
  • You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.From the entry flip
  • Her favorite pancakes are semi-homemade — she starts with a certain premade pancake mix and then adds cinnamon, barley flour, and other treats.From the entry semi-homemade
  • In Bumthang, khule (buckwheat pancakes) and puta (buckwheat noodles) replace rice as the foundation of many meals.2024, Bradley Mayhew, Lindsay Fegent-Brown, Galey Tenzin, Bhutan, Lonely Planet, →ISBN. From the entry puta
  • You can even drizzle the pancakes with a little caramel sauce!2024 May 15, Yevhen Klopotenko, “Syrnyky: Farmer cheese pancakes”, in The Authentic Ukrainian Kitchen: Recipes from a Native Chef, New…. From the entry syrnyk
  • Image shows a motivational poster in a jianbing guozi 煎饼馃子 (savoury pancake) shop.2022, Samuel Berlin, “Feeding the Future: The Politics of Aspiration in a Chinese Market Street”, in Séagh Kehoe, Gerda Wielander…. From the entry jianbing guozi
  • And that question my mom posed over pancakes, about what I would change if I could.2018, Marley Dias, “Herstory: Who I Am, How This All Began”, in Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic…. From the entry flapjacky
  • Homemade Polish foods! babka bread, pierogi, nalesniki, golabki, kielbasa, potato pancakes, bread, pastries & more!2017 September 7, “St. Stanislaus Annual Polish Festival ‘Dozynki’”, in Hartford Courant, volume CLXXXI, number 250, Hartford, Conn.…. From the entry nalesnik
  • Chefs, both vegan and omnivore, are using aquafaba in everything from pancakes to purées.2016 May 9, Jane Black, “Vegans Whip Up a Secret Weapon: Aquafaba”, in New York Times Magazine, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.. From the entry aquafaba
  • Mouth-watering foods such as pirohi, holubki, halushki, kolbasi and sauerkraut, nalesniki (potato pancakes), soup and more.2016 October 26, “35th Carpatho-Rusyn Celebration Sunday; Divine Liturgy Oct. 29-30”, in Latrobe Bulletin, volume 114, number 264…. From the entry nalesnik
  • A particularly fitting choice is the small and flexible XF27mmF2.8 pancake lens.2015, Rico Pfirstinger, The Fujifilm X-T10 […] , Rocky Nook, →ISBN. From the entry pancake lens
  • Unlike regular pancakes, blins should be fried in a small pancake pan.2013, Kari Ojala, translated by Tarja Dibaja, The Engineer’s Cookbook, Klaava Media, →ISBN. From the entry blin
  • Unusually long bonds or short intermolecular contacts occur in the title compounds reminiscent of pancake bonding.2012, Habtamu Z. Beneberu, Yong-Hui Tian, Miklos Kertesz, PCCP, 2012,14, 10713-10725. From the entry pancake bond
  • Kellogg also expanded the brand by introducing pancakes, mini waffles, French toast, and muffin tops.2011, Sherri Liberman, American Food by the Decades, page 134. From the entry muffin top
  • Here is the simplest and most popular version of oladi, a traditional form of Russian pancake.2011 February 22, “Recipe: Pancake pleasure”, in Russia Now (The Daily Telegraph), page 08. From the entry oladi
  • 'PJ's!' explained Steve, unnecessarily, adding in a fanfaring kind of a voice, 'Home of PJ's fa-a-amous pancakes!"2010, Stephen Fry, Making History, →ISBN, page 294. From the entry fanfaring
  • They ordered coffee and pancakes and then, on second thought, two large servings of french fries.2010, Leora Freedman, Parachuting: A Novel, Toronto, O.N.: Sumach Press, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry munched out
  • Remember the mornings when you help me fix eggs and pancakes for breakfast.2009, Amy J. Yowell, The Silent Cry, page 161. From the entry flipper
  • You always had to use the “flipper” to turn the pancakes and eggs.2009, Amy J. Yowell, The Silent Cry, page 161. From the entry flipper
  • Because she was so tall and slim and athletic, they probably expected pancakes.2009, Sandra Hill, Viking Heat, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry full monty
  • Before the disc jockey, stations were compelled to acquire a flunky: the lowly pancake turner.2009, Mark Coleman, Playback. From the entry pancake turner
  • Jianbing guozi, a thin pancake made of millet flour, is a popular night snack.2008 July 30, Iain Marlow, “Flee main roads for taste of Beijing”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page L2, column 2. From the entry jianbing guozi
  • How about some of those fine pancakes that needed a steak knife to hack through?2007, Tom Carroll, The Confession of Mason Young, page 69. From the entry snotty
  • There was something indescribable when a nearly starving kid tasted that first slice of maple syrupy pancake.2007, Raymond P. Berberian, “Retro Summers”, in Margaret Lorine, Sansing McPherson, Norma Van Amberg, editors, Hilton Head Island…. From the entry maple syrupy
  • English pancakes with sugar and lemon juice, not the flapjacky kind with blueberries and syrup.2007, Alan Jones, ““I Tell You a Further Mystery””, in Roger Ferlo, editor, Heaven, New York, N.Y.: Seabury Books, Church Publishing…. From the entry flapjacky
  • Sfakiani pita, a cheese pie of local fame, something between a crepe and a pancake.2005, Liz Smith, Dishing: Great Dish--and Dishes--from America's Most Beloved Gossip Columnist. From the entry xynomyzithra
  • A nice hot mug of coffee, a steaming stack of buttered, syruped pancakes.2005, Hollis Seamon, Flesh, New York, N.Y.: Memento Mori Mysteries, →ISBN, page 233. From the entry syruped
  • Socca, a soft chickpea pancake, is as popular in Nice as pizza is in New York City.1999, Daniel Boulud, Dorie Greenspan, Daniel Boulud's Cafe Boulud Cookbook, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry socca
  • The dough is like dough you make for pancakes, only much thinner.1996 January 25, Margaret LeBrun, quoting Lydia Dyka, “Lydia Dyka, Ukraine”, in Syracuse Herald-Journal, volume 120, number 35,793…. From the entry nalisnik
  • We were served pancakes with smoked salmon, followed by thick slices of gâteau.1993, Christopher Evans, Aztec Century, London: Gollancz, published 2013, →ISBN. From the entry gâteau

Meaning of pancake

  1. noun An thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened.
  2. noun A leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
  3. noun A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.

Full definition of pancake

Questions about pancake in a sentence

How do you use pancake in a sentence?
Pancake is used as a noun and verb. For example: “One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.”
What is a short sentence with pancake?
“I use a cast iron skillet for frying pancakes.”
What does pancake mean?
Pancake means an thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened.

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