Griddle
/ˈɡɹɪdəl/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.
"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."
- 2 cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked wordnet
Verb
- 1 To cook on a griddle. transitive
- 2 cook on a griddle wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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."
Etymology
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.