waffle iron

noun

: a cooking utensil having two hinged metal parts that shut upon each other and impress surface projections on waffles that are being cooked

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And in August 1869, a Dutch American called Cornelius Swarthout was granted the first U.S. waffle iron patent. —

Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024 Thomas Jefferson was reportedly among the first Americans to own a waffle iron. —

Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024 As with the automotive world’s Porsche 911, turntables, over time, have gained considerable dimension and weight, with the most ambitious of them approaching the size of an industrial waffle iron or pizza oven, and priced on par with a nice house in the Midwest. —

Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2024 Waffle House isn’t in the business of frying things, and instead relies on its trusty griddles and waffle irons. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for waffle iron