griddlecake

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US/ˈɡɹɪdəlˌkeɪk/

noun

Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

noungriddlecake (plural griddlecakes)

plural griddlecakes

  1. Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle

Broader

nouna flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishgriddle
  2. Proto-Germanic*kakǭ
  3. Old Norsekaka
  4. Middle Englishcake
  5. Englishcake
  6. Englishgriddlecake

From griddle + cake.

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Translations

Bulgarian палачинка
  • палачинка (palačinka)small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
Irish arán gridille, branrán
  • arán gridillesmall pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
  • branránsmall pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
  • cáca gridillesmall pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
  • císte gridillesmall pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
  • sruánsmall pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
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APA

griddlecake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/griddlecake

MLA

“griddlecake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/griddlecake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “griddlecake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/griddlecake.

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