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Noun

Okonomiyaki Hana stands out for the light, tempura-like batter on its cabbage pancakes, and Curry bitSOMA cooks each ingredient separately before layering them in deeply flavorful curry dishes. — Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 For various reasons, from not liking pancakes to suspicion over the valuation, some sharks passed on Kodiak Cakes, while the founders rejected offers from others. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Oct. 2026

Verb

High-rise buildings housing hundreds of apartments pancaked in the earthquakes, reviving questions about substandard construction. — Fernanda Pesce, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Buildings are pancaked, their floors stacked like decks of cards. — Fernando Narro Roman, NPR, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pancake

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Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1911, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

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The first known use of pancake was in the 14th century

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pancake

noun

pan·cake

ˈpan-ˌkāk

: a flat cake usually made of thin batter and cooked on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan

pancake

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pancake

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