Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flat metal surface, such as a pan, that is used for cooking by dry heat.
- transitive verb To cook on a flat metal surface.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A grated utensil for broiling flesh and fish: same as
gridiron - noun A broad disk or shallow pan of iron, used chiefly for cooking thin cakes over a fire.
- noun A griddle-cake.
- noun In mining, a sieve with a wire bottom.
- noun One of the iron plates fitted as lids to the round apertures for cooking-utensils in the top of a cooking-stove or range.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.
- noun A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A flat
plate of metal used for cooking. - verb To use a griddle, to cook on a griddle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cook on a griddle
- noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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If the batter, for example, contains an acid of some kind, like buttermilk is frequently used in griddle cakes, pancakes, that kind of thing, then the baking soda will react with the acid in the buttermilk to make bubbles.
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Hoodathunk (sponsored by Scroomall Health Corp) says: pathetic5 now getting concerned that the hot griddle is waiting.
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When the griddle is hot, pick up a rolled out chapatti and slap it back and forth gently to remove any excess flour.
Archive 2008-02-01 Laura 2008
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When the griddle is hot, pick up a rolled out chapatti and slap it back and forth gently to remove any excess flour.
Bread Baking Day #1/7 (My 1st, everyone else's 7th!): Dahi Chapati Laura 2008
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Later this year, a Chicago-area McDonalds restaurant will fry up hamburgers with an automated grill that dispenses patties directly onto the griddle from a separate freezer compartment, reducing labor and promising fresher sandwiches.
Boing Boing 2003
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If what we are seeing in Karen Owen is the realization of female sexual power, then we must at least admit that the first pancake off the griddle is a bit of a flop.
Duke v. The Atlantic Monthly: Student Calls Recent Article A 'Hit Piece' Leah Finnegan 2011
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If what we are seeing in Karen Owen is the realization of female sexual power, then we must at least admit that the first pancake off the griddle is a bit of a flop.
Duke v. The Atlantic Monthly: Student Calls Recent Article A 'Hit Piece' Leah Finnegan 2011
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If what we are seeing in Karen Owen is the realization of female sexual power, then we must at least admit that the first pancake off the griddle is a bit of a flop.
Duke v. The Atlantic Monthly: Student Calls Recent Article A 'Hit Piece' Leah Finnegan 2011
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We don't cook these on the grill as they tend to fall apart so a griddle is the way to go.
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We don't cook these on the grill as they tend to fall apart so a griddle is the way to go.
Archive 2008-05-01 kat 2008
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