griddle

plural griddles

1. A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.

   A nice half griddle of whole-meal bread and a print of fresh butter were now produced, and Molly helped the mistress with her own hands.

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 380

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   Such a clatter as the little spoon made, and such a beating as the batter got, it quite foamed, I assure you; and when Daisy poured some on to the griddle, it rose like magic into a puffy flapjack that made Demi's mouth water.

   1871, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “chapter 5”, in Little Men: […], Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC

   Some people when making scones do not trouble to light the oven but use the frying pan: of course if you have a griddle it is better than oven or pan, but very few people possess this useful utensil.

   1894, Lance Rawson, “Australian enquiry book of household and general information”, in Cookery

present singular third person griddles · participle present griddling · participle past griddled · past griddled

1. transitiveTo cook on a griddle.