broiler

[broi-ler]

noun

1. any device for broiling meat or fish; a grate, pan, or compartment in a stove for broiling.

2. Cooking.,  a young chicken suitable for broiling.

broiler

/ ˈbrɔɪlə /

noun

1. a young tender chicken suitable for roasting

2. a pan, grate, etc for broiling food

3. a very hot day

Word History and Origins

Origin of broiler¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; broil ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

If your hatred for the show burns hotter than your oven’s broiler, there’s a brisk business in finding creative new ways to heap verbal compost on the titular host and all her endeavors.

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To be allowed to work the busy broiler station, to take the helm — even for a few minutes — was a dream come true.

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A new strain of avian flu, more deadly to humans, was detected in a broiler flock in Mississippi.

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If a low-pathogenic virus “happens to get into a broiler meat flock, the birds don’t get sick and they go onto slaughter,” he said.

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“And lo and behold, just like if you sprinkle a bunch of rosemary on a pizza and put it under the broiler and it crackles and sparkles, and then very rapidly goes out,” Fleming said.

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