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DictionaryblintzFilled pancake
noun

blintz

BLINTS/blɪnts/

A thin pancake rolled around a filling.

The cut blintz reveals cheese inside its thin pancake wrapper.

A close-up of golden blintzes on a plain plate, with one cut open to reveal sweet white cheese filling inside a very thin folded pancake wrapper.
Etymology
blintzYiddishthin filled pancake

Yiddish blintze comes from a diminutive meaning “little pancake.” In English it names the thin pancake wrapped around cheese or fruit, then fried or baked.

In context

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Today we’re gonna make a sweet crab blintz with a little bit of chili sauce.
How to Make Kitchen Sink Food and Drink's Sweet Crab Blintz

More examples

  • The pan holds three golden blintzes.
  • He folds the thin pancake into a blintz.
  • The bakery sells sweet and savory blintzes.

Forms

blintz · blintzes

Similar words

crêpe
A thin pancake that need not be filled and rolled.
pancake
A broad category, often thicker and served flat.