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griddle.

A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɹɪdəl/
  1. A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.

Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈɡɹɪdəl/
  1. To cook on a griddle.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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