pancake

pancake

US /ˈpæn.keɪk/ 
UK /ˈpæn.keɪk/ 

UK ( mainly US crepe ) a very thin flat round cake made from a mixture of flour, milk, and egg, fried on both sides

pancake - پنکیک
معادل فارسی: 

پنکیک

مثال انگلیسی: 

Pancake is very delicious.

پنکیک بسیار خوشمزه است.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

pancake

 noun
a very thin round thing that you eat. You make pancakes with flour, eggs and milk and cook them in a frying pan

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

pancake

pancake /ˈpænkeɪk/ BrE AmE noun
1. [countable] a thin flat round cake made from flour, milk, and eggs, that has been cooked in a flat pan and is eaten hot ⇨ crêpe
2. [uncountable] very thick ↑make-up for your face, that is worn especially by actors

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pancake

pan·cake [pancake pancakes pancaked pancaking]   [ˈpænkeɪk]    [ˈpænkeɪk]  noun
1. countable a thin flat round cake made from a mixture of flour, eggs and milk that is fried on both sides, usually eaten hot for breakfast in the US, and in Britain either as a dessert with sugar, jam, etc. or as a main course with meat, cheese, etc
• pancakes with maple syrup

• a selection of savoury pancakes

2. uncountable thick make-up for the face, used especially in the theatre
see as flat as a pancake at  flat  adj.  
Word Origin:

late Middle English: from the noun pan  + cake.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

pancake / ˈpæn.keɪk / noun [ C ]

B2 UK ( mainly US crepe ) a very thin flat round cake made from a mixture of flour, milk, and egg, fried on both sides:

Do you want a sweet pancake or a savoury one?

US a sweet, thick, round cake made from flour, sugar, milk, and eggs, cooked in a pan and eaten with maple syrup, usually for breakfast:

a stack of pancakes

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

pancake

/pænkeɪk/
(pancakes)

A pancake is a thin, flat, circular piece of cooked batter made from milk, flour, and eggs. Pancakes are often rolled up or folded and eaten hot with a sweet or savoury filling inside. In America, pancakes are usually eaten for breakfast, with butter and maple syrup.

flat as a pancake: see flat

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

pancake

pan·cake /ˈpænˌkeɪk/ noun, pl -cakes [count]
1 : a thin, flat, round cake that is made by cooking batter on both sides in a frying pan or on a hot surface (called a griddle)
• We had blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast.
- see also potato pancake
2 : thick makeup worn especially by actors
• She wore sequins, false eyelashes, and pancake onstage.
- called also pancake makeup,
(as) flat as a pancake
- see 1flat

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