griddle

American  

[grid-l] / ˈgrɪd l /

noun

• griddles
  plural

1. a frying pan with a handle and a slightly raised edge, for cooking pancakes, bacon, etc., over direct heat.

2. any flat, heated surface, especially on the top of a stove, for cooking food.

   a quick breakfast from the luncheonette's griddle.

3. Upstate New York Older Use. a circular lid covering an opening on the cooking surface of a wood or coal-burning stove.

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verb (used with object)

• griddles,
  present (3rd person singular)
• griddled,
  past participle,  past
• griddling
  present participle

1. to cook on a griddle.

   Griddle two eggs for me, will you?

griddle British  

/ ˈɡrɪdəl /

noun

1. Also called: girdle. a thick round iron plate with a half hoop handle over the top, for making scones, etc

2. any flat heated surface, esp on the top of a stove, for cooking food

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verb

1. (tr) to cook (food) on a griddle

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• griddles
  plural

Participles

• griddling
  present
• griddled
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• griddle
  simple
• griddles
  simple
• have griddled
  perfect
• has griddled
  perfect
• am griddling
  progressive
• are griddling
  progressive
• is griddling
  progressive
• have been griddling
  perfect progressive
• has been griddling
  perfect progressive

Past

• griddled
  simple
• had griddled
  perfect
• was griddling
  progressive
• were griddling
  progressive
• had been griddling
  perfect progressive

Future

• will griddle
  simple
• will have griddled
  perfect
• will be griddling
  progressive
• will have been griddling
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of griddle

1175–1225; Middle English gridel, gredil < Old French gridil, gredil; see grill ¹

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Explanation

A griddle is a flat pan or stovetop that's used for cooking things quickly at high temperatures. Let's make pancakes on the griddle for breakfast. Yum! In a home kitchen, a griddle can be either a special metal pan. part of your stove, or a small appliance that you plug in; a restaurant griddle has a much larger surface. No matter what its size, the flat surface of a griddle gets hot fast, so you can easily whip up some scrambled eggs, hash browns, or bacon. Griddle originally meant "shallow frying pan," and it shares a root with grill.

Example Sentences

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A griddle achieves this effortlessly, because the juices have nowhere else to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Although the queen does not provide the instruction, the pancakes are then cooked on a hot griddle.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025

Grab some griddle cakes We used to go to Patrick’s Roadhouse for breakfast, but sadly, it’s closed, which is devastating because it’s always been a staple.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

Making this one-pan dish sure beats standing over the stove, cooking slice after slice of French toast or ladling pancake batter onto the griddle.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

By the following morning the surface of the chef, as it’s called, was bubbling like pancake batter on a hot griddle.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

That price tag reflects the Steelfire’s build quality, more like a premium skillet than the basic steel found on most griddles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The hot dogs are cooked on griddles, not in the so-called dirty water of hot-dog carts.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2023

The livestreams are as varied as their audiences: There’s The Food Network’s Ree Drummond, who has sold her brand of “Pioneer Woman” cropped jeans, floral trash cans and nonstick griddles on a Walmart “shop-along.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2021

The live streams are as varied as their audiences: There’s the Food Network’s Ree Drummond, who has sold her brand of “Pioneer Woman” cropped jeans, floral trash cans and nonstick griddles on a Walmart “shop-along.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021

There are cooks in black T-shirts, frying eggs and potatoes on sizzling griddles.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The Order: The Tuna Bacon B.L.T. features smoked tuna, thinly sliced and griddled until crisp.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

"It's an old traditional food that's been eaten for years and years", he said of the griddled bread.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

But in the hands of our friends across the Atlantic, tacos go positively mental — from places like France or Belgium, I’ve seen far too menu items dubbed “tacos” that look like griddled calzones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

They’re Austin-style tacos, which according to Borkowski means the taco must have fluffy scrambled egg on a fluffy, griddled flour tortilla.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2022

Never under such dark and griddled elms had the outlaws feasted upon their venison.

From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Sir Max Beerbohm

Oily fish lends itself to a multitude of uses in the kitchen, from simple grilling or griddling to more elaborate dishes like tataki or papillote.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024

I'd recommend griddling it in a skillet with some olive oil and a sprinkle of salt, but the old toaster is a-okay, too.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022

Mayo works best when spread on the bread before griddling.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021

Leah Anne Jaros of D.C. ups the ante on the exterior by sprinkling garlic powder over the butter- or mayo-coated sides before griddling, for a garlic-bread-inspired riff that is just so smart.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021

In fact, grilling is out, and griddling is in.

From The Verge ● Jul. 20, 2021

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