Meaning of Pancake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:
   countable, uncountable
3. In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
   countable, uncountable
4. In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
   countable, uncountable
5. A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
   uncountable
6. A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
   countable
7. Anything very thin and flat.
   countable
8. Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
   uncountable
9. A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
   countable, slang
10. A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
    countable
11. An attractive young woman.
    US, countable, dated, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Mrs. America is holding a plate of pancakes in one hand and a fork with a slice of pancake in the other.”

“And us, me wearing pancake with my eyebrows recently plucked archly, done by Little Amber, the beauty-school student quean, in Bryant Park⟳.”

“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.”

“pancake lens”

“Most of the electrons would pass⟳ through the hadron pancake with no interaction, but a few would collide […]”

“&hellip in the poorer grades the heel is made of scrap leather and leather board⟳ or pulp, finished with a solid leather top lift⟳. 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.”

“Damon Runyon, The Brakeman's Daughter 'To tell⟳ the truth,' The Humming Bird says, 'I neglect⟳ these details, because,' he says, 'I am already dated up to go out with Big False Face⟳ to-night to call⟳ on a doll who is daffy to meet⟳ me. Otherwise,' he says, 'I will undoubtedly make⟳ arrangements to see⟳ more of this pancake I just save⟳ from rack and ruin.'”

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