griddle
noun
[ ˈɡrɪd(ə)l ]
• a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food.
• "griddle cakes"
• a miner's wire-bottomed sieve.
griddle
verb
• cook on a griddle.
• "the vegetables can be griddled the day before and kept covered in the fridge"
• 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.
