griddle

griddle

English

Pancakes on a griddle

An electric griddle

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdəl

Noun

griddle (plural griddles)

1. A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.
   • 1871, Louisa May Alcott, Little Men, chapter 5:

     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.

   • 1894, Lance Rawson, Australian enquiry book of household and general information, Cookery:

     Some people when making scones do not trouble to light the oven but use the frying pan: of course if you have a griddle it is better than oven or pan, but very few people possess this useful utensil.

Derived terms

• like a hen on a hot griddle

Related terms

• grid
• gridiron

 

Translations

flat plate for cooking

Bulgarian: готварска плоча f (gotvarska ploča) Haitian Creole: platin Irish: grideall f

Latvian: cepešpanna f Maori: pāraharaha Navajo: bikááʼatʼeesí Persian: بریجن‎ (fa) (berijan)

Verb

griddle (third-person singular simple present griddles, present participle griddling, simple past and past participle griddled)

1. to use a griddle, cook on a griddle

Anagrams

• girdled, gridled