griddle
Meaninga little grate
Common meaning: a flat cooking plate
- gridwickerwork, a hurdleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 478 · scan
- dlesmall-thing ending
Journey through time
- Latincrātis, -is‘wickerwork, a hurdle’
- Middle Englishgredilsource
- Englishgriddle‘a flat cooking plate’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin crātis ‘wickerwork, a hurdle’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry crātis, p. 478 · dictionary scan
Roots
- crātis, -is Latin “wickerwork, a hurdle”
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