Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hotcake

/hˈɑtkˌeɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: hot-cake
IPA: /hˈɑtkˌeɪk/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of pancake.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

Something that sells quickly in large volumes, in the manner of proverbial hotcakes.

noun

Alternative form of hot cake, a cake that is hot.

Example Sentences

"For breakfast he ordered a stack of hotcakes with butter and syrup."
"Monsieur Kopay's account of coming-out in the locker room has returned to the printers for a third run. That little hotcake is coming out of Arbor house at a selling rate of 650 copies per day."

Etymology

From hot + cake.

Usage

Canadian usage
American usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

hotcakes (plural) hot cake (alternative)

Phrases

go like hot cakes like hot cakes sell like hot cakes

Synonyms

pancake battercake flannel cake flannel-cake flapcake flapjack griddlecake hot cake

Questions

How do you pronounce hotcake?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɑtkˌeɪk/.
What does hotcake mean?: Synonym of pancake.
Where does hotcake come from?: From hot + cake.

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