griddle

[ grid-l ]

noun

1. a frying pan with a handle and a slightly raised edge, for cooking pancakes, bacon, etc., over direct heat.
2. any flat, heated surface, especially on the top of a stove, for cooking food:

   a quick breakfast from the luncheonette's griddle.

3. Upstate New York Older Use. a circular lid covering an opening on the cooking surface of a wood or coal-burning stove.

verb (used with object)

, grid·dled, grid·dling.

1. to cook on a griddle:

   Griddle two eggs for me, will you?

griddle

/ ˈɡrɪdəl /

noun

1. Also calledgirdle a thick round iron plate with a half hoop handle over the top, for making scones, etc
2. any flat heated surface, esp on the top of a stove, for cooking food

verb

1. tr to cook (food) on a griddle

Word History and Origins

Origin of griddle¹

1175–1225; Middle English gridel, gredil < Old French gridil, gredil; grill ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of griddle¹

C13: from Old French gridil, from Late Latin crātīculum (unattested) fine wickerwork; see grill ¹

Example Sentences

Why the Philly cheesesteak gives us hope during a pandemicMy “real cheezy” burger was cooked well-done, which is fine for a smash burger, but it was also oddly bitter, as if the cooks had not scraped the griddle clean for days.

From Washington Post

I wish that I could say that Gideon fell onto a griddle when she was 4 or some adorable baby backstory.

From Vox

Just mix up some stuff in a bowl, pour it on a hot griddle, and see if it, well, pancaked.

From Eater

They’re also great for shower tracks, griddles, stovetops—or any hard to navigate surface that needs a good scrub.

From Popular-Science

It’s topped off with a tough nonstick finish that’s also dishwasher safe, and the whole griddle can even go straight in the oven and endure temperatures of up to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.

From Popular-Science

It requires a finely honed sense of timing and a griddle that has been seasoned just right.

From The Daily Beast

The last thing I always did before leaving Los Angeles was to have brunch at The Griddle.

From The Daily Beast

After we finished breakfast at The Griddle, I dropped Mike off at his apartment.

From The Daily Beast

Newt Gingrich was on the griddle for much of the evening, easily defending his ideas and deflecting criticism.

From The Daily Beast

For each pancake, pour a generous dollop (up to 1/4 cup) on the skillet or griddle.

From The Daily Beast

Dey aint no tellin' de chunes dey is in dat trivet, en in dat griddle, en in dat fryin'-pan er mine; dat dey aint.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Miller makes the best muffins I ever tasted, and she had some ready mixed, and nothing to do but put them on the griddle.

From Project Gutenberg

So I said to my foster-mother, "Give me the third cake on the griddle until I go after my foster-sisters."

From Project Gutenberg

The cooking stove was in a little, cold, floorless shed, and there mother baked some corn griddle-cakes for our supper.

From Project Gutenberg

Hotter, more desolate than ever, lay that black griddle of the foreshore on which Angus Jones was now condemned to wander with me.

From Project Gutenberg