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PANK-ayk/ˈpænkeɪk/

A pancake is a thin flat cake from milk, eggs, and flour, cooked in a pan. Pancake Day is a British tradition, often with lemon and sugar. A cake is thicker and usually from the oven. Countable: a pancake, pancakes. Not panic — different word.

Meaning

A thin flat cake made from milk, eggs, and flour, cooked in a pan.

Examples

• “We eat pancakes with lemon and sugar.”
• “She tossed the pancake in the air.”
• “These pancakes need more lemon.”

Good to know

a pancake; lemon and sugar (British). Contrast: cake (thicker, oven). Cook in a pan.

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