griddle

 
Pronunciation: /ˈgrɪd(ə)l/

noun

  • 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