griddle

(grid′'l)

noun

a heavy, flat metal plate with a handle, or a special flat, heated surface on the top of a stove, used for cooking pancakes and other foods

Origin: ME gredil < Anglo-Fr gridil < OFr *gredil, var. of graïl < L craticula, small gridiron < cratis, wickerwork: see crate

transitive verb griddled, griddling

to cook on a griddle

See griddle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

transitive verb grid·dled, grid·dling, grid·dles

To cook on a flat metal surface.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English gridel, gridiron

Origin: , from Old North French gredil

Origin: , from Latin crātīcula

Origin: , diminutive of crātis, wickerwork hurdle, lattice

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