griddle
/ˈɡɹɪdəl/
griddle noun: a stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.
Noun
griddle (plural griddles)
- A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.
- A nice half griddle of whole-meal bread and a print of fresh butter were now produced, and Molly helped the mistress with her own hands.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 380
- 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.1871, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “chapter 5”, in Little Men: […], Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC
Verb
griddle (third-person singular simple present griddles, present participle griddling, simple past and past participle griddled)
- To cook on a griddle.
griddle meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Persian
griddle in Tamil
- சூட்டிருப்புக் கல், இருப்புவலைத் தட்டி, குழி அப்ப வாணலி, தோசைக்கல்
griddle in Marathi
- griddle
- तवा tavā
griddle in Urdu
- توا
griddle in Persian
- flat plate for cooking
- بریجن berijan
Examples of griddle in a sentence
- Carnitas are also popular stuffed into gorditas, round corn flatbreads toasted on a griddle.
- It’s a crêpière, a perfectly round gas-heated griddle 15 to 20 inches (38 to 50 cm) across.
- He put down his coffee and popped open the heavy iron griddle on the stove.
Forms of griddle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | griddles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | griddles |
| present participle | griddling |
| past participle | griddled |
| past | griddled |
Origin of griddle
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.
Words formed from griddle
Phrases with griddle
Words that rhyme with griddle
Questions about griddle
- What does griddle mean?
- Griddle means a stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.
- What is griddle in Tamil?
- Griddle in Tamil is சூட்டிருப்புக் கல், இருப்புவலைத் தட்டி, குழி அப்ப வாணலி. See Griddle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is griddle?
- Griddle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce griddle?
- Griddle is pronounced /ˈɡɹɪdəl/.
- What is the plural of griddle?
- The plural of griddle is griddles.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: griddle (page history and authors); griddle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तवा (Marathi) (page history and authors); griddle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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