broiler
Americannoun
-
any device for broiling meat or fish; a grate, pan, or compartment in a stove for broiling.
-
Cooking. a young chicken suitable for broiling.
noun
-
a young tender chicken suitable for roasting
-
a pan, grate, etc for broiling food
-
a very hot day
Etymology
Origin of broiler
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; see origin at broil 1, -er 1
Vocabulary lists containing broiler
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
After about 5 minutes in the oven and a few more under the broiler, I pulled the pizza out hot, with nice brown spots on the crust and cheese.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025
Turn on the broiler with a rack at the top.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024
Orlowski was a Ph.D. student when her graduate research team developed a novel low-flow water monitoring system in collaboration with Siloam Springs-based companies Alternative Design and Cobb-Vantress Inc., a primary broiler breeder company.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2024
“It’s a broiler out here. I know a shortcut.”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
