antigriddle

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noun

A device for rapidly freezing food, a cold flat metal surface, used in molecular gastronomy.

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Meanings

nounantigriddle (plural antigriddles)

plural antigriddles · alternative anti-griddle

  1. A device for rapidly freezing food, a cold flat metal surface, used in molecular gastronomy.

    Spoon small mounds of the cauliflower mixture onto an antigriddle and let set[…]

    2010, Emily Miller, Antonis Achilleos, How to Cook Like a Top Chef, page 157
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    And since not all fourth-graders have an antigriddle (a cooktop that freezes rather than heats), Achatz notes that a cookie sheet atop dry ice will suffice.

    2008, Time, volume 172

Origin

From anti- + griddle, genericization from the kitchen appliance trademark Anti-Griddle, from being the opposite of a griddle (a heated flat cooking surface).

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APA

antigriddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antigriddle

MLA

“antigriddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antigriddle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antigriddle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antigriddle.

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