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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Her skirt is couture from Nike, aptly, named by its co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman for the Greek goddess of victory lo these many decades ago, after Bowerman figured out the whole waffle-sole thing by destroying his wife’s waffle iron in his kitchen.
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Specialty appliances like bread makers, food processors or waffle irons that come out once a month can move to a lower cabinet or pantry shelf.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026
Years' worth of tinkering, a few broken waffle irons and decades later, Nike has stamped its footprint on the sports and athletics industry.
—Hannarose McGuinness, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Radiation wasn’t bad compared with Tom’s waffle iron—until the last stretch, when my nipple became charred and blistered, like an over-roasted marshmallow.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Specialty appliances like bread makers, food processors or waffle irons that come out once a month can move to a lower cabinet or pantry shelf.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026
Years' worth of tinkering, a few broken waffle irons and decades later, Nike has stamped its footprint on the sports and athletics industry.
—Hannarose McGuinness, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Radiation wasn’t bad compared with Tom’s waffle iron—until the last stretch, when my nipple became charred and blistered, like an over-roasted marshmallow.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Waffle iron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waffle%20iron. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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