GRIDDLECAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does griddlecake mean? 

• GRIDDLECAKE (noun)
  The noun GRIDDLECAKE has 2 senses:

1. a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle

2. a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

  Familiarity information: GRIDDLECAKE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRIDDLECAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

drop scone; griddlecake; Scotch pancake

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)

Sense 2

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 ("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)