Meaning of Waffle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.
   British, dialectal
2. A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
   countable
3. (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.
   colloquial, uncountable
4. In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
   British, countable
5. A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
   also, attributive
6. A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture.
   attributive

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Examples

“The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.”

“This takeaway counter serves up some of Hong Kong's best eggettes, the egg-shaped waffles beloved by local children and adults alike.”

“Both joists and slab are cast in place to form a monolithic unit, integral with the supporting beams and columns. The joists form a characteristic waffle pattern on the underside. Structural design of joist construction: one-way or waffle flat slab […]”

“The most widely used type of waffle construction is the waffle flat slab, in which solid portions around column supports are […] These beams may be produced as projections below the waffle, as shown […]”

“In one-way (pan joist) and two-way (waffle) joist construction, a similar layout is usually adopted.”

“This interesting point seems to get lost a little within a lot of self-important waffle.”

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