What does pancake day mean?

pancake day means "the last day before Lent".

What is another word for pancake day?

Close synonyms include Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pancake day a common word?

pancake day is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

pancake day — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the last day before Lent
SynonymsMardi Gras Shrove Tuesday Fat Tuesday
BroaderChristian holy day
Part ofShrovetide

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