Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waffle iron

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: waf-fle -iron
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cooking appliance, with hinged, indented metal plates, used to make waffles.

Example Sentences

"Such a one is very apt to leave his impress upon his scholars, as the waffle-iron is impressed upon the cake that is baked in it."
"I remember once of buying a waffle-iron of him, and when I tried it and found it did not make a pretty pattern on the waffles, I took it back to him to change it: but having no other pattern, he returned me the money as soon as I asked him."
"These batter-based flat cakes gained a new form of popularity in America when Thomas Jefferson returned from his stint in France as a diplomat. In 1789 he presented his friends with a long-handled waffle iron."

Inflected Forms

waffle irons (plural)

Synonyms

waffle maker

Questions

What does waffle iron mean?: A cooking appliance, with hinged, indented metal plates, used to make waffles.

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