hotcake
/ˈhɒt.keɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɑːt.keɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhät-ˌkāk/ (ame, mw)
hotcake — noun
- hotcakesingular
- hotcakesplural
1. a thin, round, flat cake made from a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk, cooked on
a thin, round, flat cake made from a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk, cooked on a hot surface until golden on both sides, and often served with butter and sweet syrup for breakfast
Mei cooked a tall stack of hotcakes for her family on Sunday morning.
collocation: stack of hotcakes
The diner's breakfast menu listed hotcakes with bacon and eggs for seven dollars.
Diego poured maple syrup over his hotcakes until the whole plate was golden.
Anika learned to flip hotcakes by watching her grandmother in the kitchen.
Fatima ordered a hotcake with blueberries and a side of scrambled eggs for breakfast.
- pancake
the standard term worldwide; hotcake is mainly North American and more informal
- griddlecake
less common regional term, used mainly in parts of the US and Canada
- flapjack
used in the US for pancakes, but in the UK flapjack refers to a baked oat bar
用法筆記
Hotcake is the typical term in North America for what is called a pancake in British English. In the US, pancake is also common, but hotcake sounds slightly more casual or diner-style.