waffle iron

noun

A cooking appliance, with hinged, indented metal plates, used to make waffles.

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Meanings

nounwaffle iron (plural waffle irons)

plural waffle irons

  1. A cooking appliance, with hinged, indented metal plates, used to make waffles.

    Such a one is very apt to leave his impress upon his scholars, as the waffle-iron is impressed upon the cake that is baked in it.

    1838, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Fireside Education, page 331
    2 more examples

    I remember once of buying a waffle-iron of him, and when I tried it and found it did not make a pretty pattern on the waffles, I took it back to him to change it: but having no other pattern, he returned me the money as soon as I asked him.

    1841 August 20, Miss Leslie, “Mr. Smith”, in The Ladies' Garland, volume 5, number 2, page 36

    These batter-based flat cakes gained a new form of popularity in America when Thomas Jefferson returned from his stint in France as a diplomat. In 1789 he presented his friends with a long-handled waffle iron.

    2011, Ann Treistman, Who Put the Devil in Deviled Eggs?: The Fascinating Stories Behind America's Favorite Foods

    Synonyms: waffle maker

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA cooking appliance, with hinged, indented metal plates, used to make waffles.

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Translations

Bulgarian гофретник
  • гофретник (gofretnik)a cooking appliance used to make waffles
Danish vaffeljern
  • vaffeljerna cooking appliance used to make waffles
Dutch wafelijzer
  • wafelijzera cooking appliance used to make waffles
Esperanto vaflofero
  • vafloferoa cooking appliance used to make waffles
Estonian vahvliraud
  • vahvlirauda cooking appliance used to make waffles
Finnish vohvelirauta
  • vohvelirautaa cooking appliance used to make waffles
French gaufrier, moule à gaufres
  • gaufriera cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • moule à gaufresa cooking appliance used to make waffles
German Waffeleisen
  • Waffeleisena cooking appliance used to make waffles
Greek βαφλιέρα
  • βαφλιέρα (vafliéra)a cooking appliance used to make waffles
Icelandic vöfflujárn
  • vöfflujárna cooking appliance used to make waffles
Japanese ワッフルメーカー
  • ワッフルメーカー (waffuru mēkā)a cooking appliance used to make waffles
Korean 와플기
  • 와플기 (wapeulgi)a cooking appliance used to make waffles
Norwegian Bokmål vaffeljern
  • vaffeljerna cooking appliance used to make waffles
Polish gofrownica
  • gofrownicaa cooking appliance used to make waffles
Russian ва́фельница
  • ва́фельница (váfelʹnica)a cooking appliance used to make waffles
Spanish gofrera, waflera
  • gofreraa cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • wafleraa cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • waffleraa cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • guafleraa cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • waflero (Chila)a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • guafleadoraa cooking appliance used to make waffles
Swedish våffeljärn
  • våffeljärna cooking appliance used to make waffles
Yiddish וואַפֿליעניצע, וואַפֿליע־אײַזן
  • וואַפֿליעניצע (vaflyenitse)a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • וואַפֿליע־אײַזן (vaflye-ayzn)a cooking appliance used to make waffles
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