Quantcast
 
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

waffle iron

 - 3 dictionary results
Waffle Iron At Lowe's®
Make Great Homemade Waffles With Top-Brand Waffle Makers At Lowe's®!
www.Lowes.com
Metal Enclosures
Custom and Prefabricated. Quality Work, Low Prices!
www.jmgillin.com/
Waffle Iron
Waffle Iron Online. Shop Target.com.
www.Target.com

waf⋅fle

1[wof-uhl]
–noun
1. a batter cake with a pattern of deep indentations on each side, formed by the gridlike design on each of the two hinged parts of the metal appliance (waffle iron) in which the cake is baked.
–adjective
2. Also, waffled. having a gridlike or indented lattice shape or design: a waffle pattern.

Origin:
1735–45; < D wafel
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
Cite This Source Link To waffle iron
Waffle Iron At Lowe's®
Make Great Homemade Waffles With Top-Brand Waffle Makers At Lowe's®!
www.Lowes.com
Metal Enclosures
Custom and Prefabricated. Quality Work, Low Prices!
www.jmgillin.com/
waffle iron  
n.  An appliance having hinged indented plates that impress a grid pattern into waffle batter as it bakes.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

waffle  (v.)
1698, "to yelp, bark," frequentative of waff "to yelp" (1610); possibly of imitative origin. Figurative sense of "talk foolishly" (1701) led to that of "vacillate, equivocate" (1803), originally a Scottish and northern Eng. usage.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see waffle iron on Thesaurus | Reference
Waffle Iron
Waffle Iron Online. Shop Target.com.
www.Target.com
Urbana Ironworks
Custom Wrought-iron products Serving all of central MD and DC
www.UrbanaIronworks.com