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noun / verb

griddle

GRID-ul/ˈɡrɪdl/

A flat heated surface used for cooking, or to cook food on one.

The cook flips a pancake on the flat griddle.

Cook flips small pancake on broad flat griddle surface, two other pancakes rest directly on hot flat plate; no raised grill bars, sparse equipment on white.
Etymology
griddleAnglo-Frenchgriddle

Griddle apparently comes from gridil, linked to an older word for a grill or grating. In early English it meant a shallow frying pan, connecting today's flat cooking surface with an older pan-shaped utensil.

In context

Tasting History with Max Miller5:57
you can use a dry pan or a griddle or actually just roast them over an open flame.
A History of Tacos

More examples

  • She griddled the flatbread until it browned.
  • The cook scraped crumbs from the griddle.
  • We used a cast-iron griddle for breakfast.

Forms

griddle · griddles · griddled · griddling

Similar words

grill
A grill commonly has bars with gaps; a griddle is a flat cooking surface.
skillet
A skillet is a frying pan with sides; a griddle is typically broader and flatter.