1a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food: [as modifier]:griddle cakes
2 historical a miner’s wire-bottomed sieve.
verb
[with object]
1cook on a griddle: (as adjective griddled)griddled corn cakes
2 historical screen (ore) with a griddle:black copper ore is generally griddled out
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a gridiron): from Old French gredil, from Latin craticula, diminutive of cratis 'hurdle'; related to crate, grate2, and grill1
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Definition of griddle in the US English dictionary
