Question about waffle terminology
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00:00 Question About Waffle Terminology
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ANSWER 1
Score 7
Apparently there is no clear concensus on what to call the indentations in waffles. For example, a thorough article about waffles and wafers with multiple references at enotes.com doesn't indicate what the dents are called. The question has been raised three times on answers.yahoo.com, but no definitive answer has appeared. Suggestions included nooks and divots [1]; indents, syrup holders and pockets [2]; honeycombs, dimples, grid indentations, dents and windows [3]. Wikipedia's waffle article uses the word pockets one time, in passing.
A Belgian waffle section on thenibble.com refers to them in passing as wells, and its waffle section again uses wells. A Belgian waffle section at antwerp-tourist-guide.com uses the terms indentations and pocket. The waffle entry at dictionary.reference.com uses indentations once.
A Belgian waffle history on ehow.com says that early waffle irons were "inspired by the shape of the alveoli (honey comb) made by bees", and thenibble's waffle history also mentions honeycomb pattern, and then comments: "The word gaufre, from the Old French for waffle (wafla), first appears in print at this time [1200's]. Wafla means “a piece of honeybee hive." From etymonline, waffle derives ca 1744, "from Du. wafel waffle, from M.Du. or M.L.G. wafel; cognate with O.H.G. waba, honeycomb." As meanings of alveolus, plural alveoli, include "A small cavity or pit," one could also use alveoli as a name for the cells, wells, pits, pockets, holes, dents, dimples, etc in waffles, and such usage would coordinate with the origin of the waffle pattern.
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 6
The indentations in a waffle are called "pockets".