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   griddle

   /ˈɡrɪdl/

   noun

   • 1. a heavy, flat iron plate that is heated and used for cooking food: "griddle cakes"
   • 2. a miner's wire-bottomed sieve. historical

   verb

   • 1. cook on a griddle: "the vegetables can be griddled the day before and kept covered in the fridge"
   • 2. screen (ore) with a griddle: historical "black copper ore is generally griddled out"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a gridiron): from Old French gredil, from Latin craticula, diminutive of cratis ‘hurdle’; related to crate, grate2, and grill1.

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