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See more synonyms for griddle on Thesaurus.com a frying pan with a handle and a slightly raised edge, for cooking pancakes, bacon, etc., over direct heat. any flat, heated surface, especially on the top of a stove, for cooking food: a quick breakfast from the luncheonette's griddle. Upstate New York Older Use a circular lid covering an opening on the cooking surface of a wood or coal-burning stove. Show More
verb (used with object), grid·dled, grid·dling. to cook on a griddle: Griddle two eggs for me, will you? Show More
Origin of griddle 1175–1225; Middle English gridel, gredil <
Old French gridil, gredil; see
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Examples from the Web for griddle Contemporary Examples of griddle It requires a finely honed sense of timing and a griddle that has been seasoned just right.
The last thing I always did before leaving Los Angeles was to have brunch at The Griddle .
After we finished breakfast at The Griddle , I dropped Mike off at his apartment.
Newt Gingrich was on the griddle for much of the evening, easily defending his ideas and deflecting criticism.
For each pancake, pour a generous dollop (up to 1/4 cup) on the skillet or griddle .
Historical Examples of griddle You bet Mr. Arledge would 'a' got my decision right hot off the griddle .
Mrs. Ritson had been stooping over the griddle when Reuben entered.
Then Grannie finished, on hearth and griddle , the baking of her cakes.
Corn meal is mixed with water and baked on the flat surface of a hoe or griddle .
Better that than to fry there like St. Lawrence on his griddle .
British Dictionary definitions for griddle Also called: girdle British a thick round iron plate with a half hoop handle over the top, for making scones, etc any flat heated surface, esp on the top of a stove, for cooking food Show More
(tr) to cook (food) on a griddle Show More
Word Origin for griddle C13: from Old French gridil, from Late Latin crātīculum (unattested) fine wickerwork; see grill 1
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Word Origin and History for griddle n. shallow frying pan, early 13c., apparently from Anglo-French gridil , Old North French gredil , altered from Old French graille , from Latin craticula (see grill ).
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