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