Pancake: alternatives and connections

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Pancake

A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.

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Cake 76% connected

A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

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Crape 76% connected

A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some cl…

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Crepe 76% connected

Same as Crape.

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Tortilla 76% connected

An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.

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Flapjack 92% connected

A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Griddlecake 92% connected

A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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