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FLANNEL-CAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flannel-cake mean?
• FLANNEL-CAKE (noun)
The noun FLANNEL-CAKE has 1 sense:
1. a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
Familiarity information: FLANNEL-CAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
battercake; flannel-cake; flannel cake; flapcake; flapjack; griddlecake; hot cake; hotcake; pancake
Hypernyms ("flannel-cake" 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 "flannel-cake"):
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)
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