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waffle iron

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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
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waffle iron  
n.  An appliance having hinged indented plates that impress a grid pattern into waffle batter as it bakes.
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Word Origin & History

waffle  (n.)
1744, from Du. wafel "waffle," from M.Du. or M.L.G. wafel; cognate with O.H.G. waba "honeycomb" (Ger. Wabe) and related to O.H.G. weban, O.E. wefan "to weave" (see weave). Sense of "honeycomb" is preserved in some combinations referring to a weave of cloth. Waffle iron is from 1794.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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