a frying pan with a handle and a slightly raised edge, for cooking pancakes, bacon, etc., over direct heat.

any flat, heated surface, esp. on the top of a stove, for cooking food

a quick breakfast from the luncheonette's griddle.

Upstate New York Older Use . a circular lid covering an opening on the cooking surface of a wood or coal-burning stove.

to cook on a griddle

Griddle two eggs for me, will you?

noun

broiler , frying pan , spider , skilletnotes:a griddle is a cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface on which food is cooked; a skillet is a shallow pan used for frying foods