Meanings
adjectiveflat as a pancake (comparative more flat as a pancake, superlative most flat as a pancake)
comparative more flat as a pancake · superlative most flat as a pancake
- simileParticularly or extremely flat.
If something that heavy landed on him, he'd be squished flat as a pancake.
Translations
Danish flad som en pandekage
- flad som en pandekageextremely flat
Finnish litteä kuin pannukakku
- litteä kuin pannukakkuextremely flat
French plat comme une crêpe
- plat comme une crêpeextremely flat
German flach wie eine Flunder, flach wie Holland
- flach wie eine Flunderextremely flat
- flach wie Hollandextremely flat
Norwegian Bokmål flat som en pannekake
- flat som en pannekakeextremely flat
Russian пло́ский как блин
- пло́ский как блин (plóskij kak blin)extremely flat
Swedish platt som en pannkaka
- platt som en pannkakaextremely flat
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APA
flat as a pancake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flat%20as%20a%20pancake
MLA
“flat as a pancake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flat%20as%20a%20pancake. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flat as a pancake,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flat%20as%20a%20pancake.
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