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GRIDDLECAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
Synonyms:
battercake; flannel-cake; flannel cake; flapcake; flapjack; griddlecake; hot cake; hotcake; pancake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("griddlecake" is a kind of...):
cake (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "griddlecake"):
buckwheat cake (a pancake made with buckwheat flour)
buttermilk pancake (a pancake made with buttermilk)
blini; bliny (Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream)
blintz; blintze ((Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked)
crape; crepe; French pancake (small very thin pancake)
german pancake; pfannkuchen (puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce)
latke; potato pancake (made of grated potato and egg with a little flour)
tortilla (thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
Synonyms:
drop scone; griddlecake; Scotch pancake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("griddlecake" is a kind of...):
scone (small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle)
