griddle
/ˈɡrɪd(ə)l
/noun
1A heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food: [as modifier]: griddle cakes...
- To cook, place the skewers on a barbeque hot plate, griddle or in the oven (pre-heated to 200 degrees C, for 15 to 20 minutes).
- There are pizza ovens, griddles, infrared rotisseries, built-in woks, deep-fryers - you can customize your outdoor kitchen to suit the food you cook and the way you want to entertain.
- Heat an iron skillet or griddle over a high heat until very hot.
2 historical A miner’s wire-bottomed sieve.
verb [with object]
1Cook on a griddle: (as adjective griddled) griddled corn cakes...
- Wash and trim the scallops and then griddle them until juicy but do not overcook.
- Jamie Oliver suggests griddling the asparagus spears on a hot griddle pan for a couple of minutes, turning a couple of times.
- The chicken is delicately spiced and served with a griddled vegetable couscous.
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.
Rhymes
- athetosis
- athetotic
- a thing of the past
- a thing or two
- athirst
- athleisure
- athlete
- athlete heart
- athlete's foot
- athlete's heart
- athletic
- athletical
- athletically
- athletic heart
- athleticise
- athleticism
- athleticize
- athletics
- athletic support
- athletic supporter
- athletism
- athlothete
- athlothetes
- at-home
- -athon