griddle

From Middle English gridil, from Anglo-Norman gredil, variant of Old French greil, from Latin crāticulum, diminutive of crātis. Doublet of grill (“grid of wire”), from the same Old French and Latin sources, doublet of grate.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪdəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪdəl

griddle (plural griddles)

1. A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.
   • 1871, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “chapter 5”, in Little Men: […], Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:

     Such a clatter as the little spoon made, and such a beating as the batter got, it quite foamed, I assure you; and when Daisy poured some on to the griddle, it rose like magic into a puffy flapjack that made Demi's mouth water.

   • 1894, Lance Rawson, “Australian enquiry book of household and general information”, in Cookery:

     Some people when making scones do not trouble to light the oven but use the frying pan: of course if you have a griddle it is better than oven or pan, but very few people possess this useful utensil.

griddle (third-person singular simple present griddles, present participle griddling, simple past and past participle griddled)

1. (transitive) To cook on a griddle.

• girdled, gridled