griddle

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grid·dle / ˈgridl/ • n. 1. a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food.2. hist. a miner's wire-bottomed sieve.• v. [tr.] 1. cook on a griddle: [as adj.] (griddled) griddled corn cakes. 2. hist. screen (ore) with a griddle: black copper ore is generally griddled out.

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griddle

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griddle †gridiron XIII; circular plate for baking cakes on XIV. — OF. gredil, gridil gridiron (mod. gril) :- Rom. *crāticulum, dim. of crātis hurdle, etc. See GRILL.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

griddle

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griddle Also girdle; iron plate used for baking scones, etc., on top of stove.

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER

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