waffle-iron

  • 11waffle iron — noun a utensil for baking waffles, consisting of two shallow metal pans hinged together …

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  • 12waffle iron — noun (C) a piece of kitchen equipment used to cook waffles …

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  • 13waffle iron — /ˈwɒfəl aɪən/ (say wofuhl uyuhn) noun a metal appliance with two hinged parts, and a grid which leaves deep impressions on the batter baked inside it …

  • 14Waffle — Waffle, n. [D. wafel. See {Wafer}.] 1. A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer. [1913 Webster] 2. A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron. [1913 Webster] {Waffle iron}, an iron utensil or mold made in two parts shutting together, used for …

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  • 15waffle — Ⅰ. waffle [1] informal ► VERB ▪ speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner. ► NOUN ▪ lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing. DERIVATIVES waffler noun waffly adjective. ORIGIN from dial …

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  • 16waffle — ☆ waffle1 [wä′fəl ] n. [Du wafel, akin to OHG waba, honeycomb, OE wefan, to WEAVE] a batter cake like a pancake but crisper, baked in a waffle iron, which gives it a gridlike surface adj. having a surface like that of a waffle: also waffled… …

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  • 17Waffle — A waffle is a light batter cake cooked in a waffle iron patterned to give a distinctive and characteristic shape.Varieties of waffle* The Brussels Waffle [ [http://www.aopy00.dsl.pipex.com/recipes/waffles.shtml Brussels Waffle recipe] ] or… …

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  • 18waffle — waffle1 /wof euhl/, n. 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. adj. 2. Also, waffled. having …

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  • 19iron — n. type of metal 1) to mine; smelt iron 2) cast; corrugated; crude; pig; scrap; wrought iron device for pressing clothes 3) to plug in an iron 4) to unplug an iron 5) an electric; steam iron rodlike device used for branding 6) a branding iron… …

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  • 20waffle — {{11}}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 (Cf. weave)). Sense of honeycomb is preserved in some… …

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