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

I spotted Keanu Reeves at the Griddle in West Hollywood and regularly saw Silver Lake’s now-deceased “Walking Man” booking it down Sunset Boulevard, his eyes glued to a folded-up newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times

As you know, Benihana grills meat and shrimp on a griddle, using soy sauce as a seasoning.

From Salon

Just after 5 a.m. on a recent Friday, Bendix Diner, a small, family-run business, began frying up eggs on the griddle to make the first of dozens of dishes it would serve to a steadily rotating cast of regulars.

From New York Times

The casual restaurant is a window-fronted galley kitchen where you can see the dough for pide and gozleme being rolled thin before being placed on the flat top griddle, where they’re cooked to order.

From Seattle Times

Nouman said his first job is to start a small fire to cook breakfast, while his wife and daughters knead dough for flatbread and then wash their utensils and metal cooking griddle.

From Seattle Times