an appliance used to cook waffles that has hinged indented plates that press a grid design into both sides of the waffle as it bakes
waffle iron in American English
US
a metal utensil for making waffles, having two plates with a pattern of shallow and raised areas, that are heated and pressed together to cook the batter between them; also, an electric appliance like this
Word origin
transl. of Du wafelijzer
Examples of 'waffle iron' in a sentence
waffle iron
Rae stumbled to her feet and hurried over to the waffle iron.