waffle , n :
(countable, originally US) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup. (countable, Britain) In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern. (construction, also attributively) A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside. (textiles, chiefly attributively) A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture. waffle v (transitive, slang) To smash (something). [...] Yesterday, the Feast of the Annunciation, was celebrated in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden as Waffle Day with the eating of waffles. The tradition originated from the similarity of Swedish Vårfrudagen (“Our Lady’s Day, that is, the Feast of the Annunciation”) to Våffeldagen (“waffle day”).
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