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griddle

[grid-l] / ˈgrɪd l /
NOUN
grill
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A griddle achieves this effortlessly, because the juices have nowhere else to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Although the queen does not provide the instruction, the pancakes are then cooked on a hot griddle.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025

Making this one-pan dish sure beats standing over the stove, cooking slice after slice of French toast or ladling pancake batter onto the griddle.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

By noon, she and her mom load their white van with soup-filled pots, orange Home Depot buckets and a cast-iron griddle to heat up tortillas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

The cook was behind the counter, scraping his griddle with the edge of a spatula.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

That price tag reflects the Steelfire’s build quality, more like a premium skillet than the basic steel found on most griddles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

He griddles fresh muffins every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at South Park coffee shop/wine bar Good Voyage.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

The hot dogs are cooked on griddles, not in the so-called dirty water of hot-dog carts.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2023

Unlike most other fast-food purveyors, Arby’s kitchens are not equipped with griddles or grills often used for burgers, so the chain developed a workaround.

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022

Big black machines worked all day and night pouring little pancakes onto moving round griddles.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

The Order: The Tuna Bacon B.L.T. features smoked tuna, thinly sliced and griddled until crisp.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

We ordered what I consider to be the perfect lunch: mussels poached in white wine and herbs, slices of crusty country loaf griddled in olive oil, and a plate of frites with aioli.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025

"It's an old traditional food that's been eaten for years and years", he said of the griddled bread.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

But in the hands of our friends across the Atlantic, tacos go positively mental — from places like France or Belgium, I’ve seen far too menu items dubbed “tacos” that look like griddled calzones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

Never under such dark and griddled elms had the outlaws feasted upon their venison.

From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Sir Max Beerbohm

It was pre-dawn and I was griddling English muffins because I had misread my notes and forgotten there was another rise.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025

I've also been known to appear a minute or two late to an interview after lunch because I was griddling a ham, cheddar and kimchi sandwich.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2022

Leah Anne Jaros of D.C. ups the ante on the exterior by sprinkling garlic powder over the butter- or mayo-coated sides before griddling, for a garlic-bread-inspired riff that is just so smart.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021

Mayo works best when spread on the bread before griddling.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021

In fact, grilling is out, and griddling is in.

From The Verge ● Jul. 20, 2021




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