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   Pan·cake

   /ˈpanˌkāk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a thin, flat cake of batter, usually fried and turned in a pan. Pancakes are usually eaten with syrup or rolled up with a filling.
   • ▪ makeup consisting of a flat solid layer of compressed powder, widely used in the theater.

   verb

   • 1. (with reference to an aircraft) make or cause to make a pancake landing: "he pancaked it in about twenty meters"
   • 2. flatten or become flattened: informal "the hotel had pancaked into a heap of concrete"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from pan1 + cake.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   • K

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   • E

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