Griddle
['grɪd(ə)l] or ['ɡrɪdl]
Definition
(noun.) cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked.
(verb.) cook on a griddle; 'griddle pancakes'.
Edited by Julia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.
(n.) A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.
Checker: Sylvia
Definition
n. a flat iron plate for baking cakes.
Edited by Hamilton
Examples
- There is furnished also a reflector which is so designed that it serves equally well as a cover for either dish and makes a very choice griddle for baking hot cakes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You can't be too careful, especially toward spring, he said, heaping his plate with straw-coloured griddle-cakes and drowning them in golden syrup. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The shallow pan also serves as a cover for either of the deeper dishes or for a hot-cake griddle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And, with that, aunty gave George a nudge with her finger, designed to be immensely facetious, and turned again to her griddle with great briskness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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