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waffle

waffle

150 1.0
A flat cooked cake with a square pattern often eaten for breakfast
  • noun
  • /ˈwɑːfəl/
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  • The deli had Belgian waffles, and she had been in the mood for one for days.
  • Belgian waffle
  • waffle iron
  • waffle batter

Vanilla ice cream, fudge covered waffle bits, and a caramel swirl.

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Examples

  • Vanilla ice cream, fudge covered waffle bits, and a caramel swirl.

  • I made coffee and waffles, and we talked about the winter's skiing.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • And right now I'm having a waffle for lunch.

  • We ended up at the Waffle House on a service road next to the interstate.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • But as he started to cut into the waffle, he turned the plate into his lap.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • What about ordering a waffle at a diner when out to breakfast, say?

    Fiction book (1993)
  • We could drop you at that chicken and waffles place.

  • The breakfast menu has two dozen omelettes and eight different waffles, and the coffee is the best in town.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • When I see the food stand for Belgian waffles, I know I've got to sample that.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • For breakfast, I enjoyed a delicious waffle topped with fresh strawberries and syrup.

Synonyms

Belgian waffle
vswaffle
6 2.3

A thick sweet waffle with deep pockets served with ice cream or fruit sauce

is a flat thinner grid cake without deep pockets or extra sweetness

Compounds

A thick sweet waffle with deep pockets served with ice cream or fruit sauce

5 2.7

A kitchen tool with two hot plates that cooks batter into a patterned breakfast food

How Crispy

waffle
150 1.0
pancake
316 1.0
crepe
22 2.5

Surface Forms

waffle singular
waffles plural

Etymology

Waffle for the breakfast cake comes from the Dutch word wafel, a name for a thin cake with a grid pattern cooked in a hot iron. It is like the English word wafer, so the name fits the thin, patterned cake you eat with syrup.