| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| griddle |
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| SYLLABICATION: | grid·dle |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  gr d l |
| NOUN: | 1. A flat metal surface, such as a pan, that is used for cooking by dry heat. 2. Vermont & Upstate New York See eye (sense 6a). | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: grid·dled, grid·dling, grid·dles
To cook on a flat metal surface. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English gridel, gridiron, from Old North French gredil, from Latin cr t cula, diminutive of crtis, wickerwork hurdle, lattice.
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