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waffle iron

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a kitchen appliance for baking waffles; the appliance usually consists of two indented metal pans hinged together so that they create a pattern on the waffle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: kitchen appliance

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гофретник (gofretnik) — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Danish: vaffeljern — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Dutch: wafelijzer — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Esperanto: vaflofero — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Estonian: vahvliraud — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Finnish: vohvelirauta — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • French: gaufrier — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • French: moule à gaufres — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • German: Waffeleisen — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Greek: βαφλιέρα (vafliéra) — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Icelandic: vöfflujárn — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Ido: vaflomuldilo — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Japanese: ワッフルメーカー (waffuru mēkā) — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Korean: 와플기 (wapeulgi) — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vaffeljern — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vaffeljarn — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vaffeljern — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Plautdietsch: Wofeliesa — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Polish: gofrownica — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Russian: ва́фельница (váfelʹnica) — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Spanish: gofrera — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Spanish: waflera — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Spanish: wafflera — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Spanish: guaflera — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Spanish: waflero (Chila) — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Spanish: guafleadora — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Swedish: våffeljärn — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Volapük: vaefafer — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Yiddish: וואַפֿליעניצע (vaflyenitse) — a cooking appliance used to make waffles
  • Yiddish: וואַפֿליע־אײַזן (vaflye-ayzn) — a cooking appliance used to make waffles