broiler
Americannoun
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broilers
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any device for broiling meat or fish; a grate, pan, or compartment in a stove for broiling.
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Cooking. a young chicken suitable for broiling.
noun
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a young tender chicken suitable for roasting
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a pan, grate, etc for broiling food
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a very hot day
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of broiler
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; see origin at broil 1, -er 1
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Rotisserie chicken has been a major talking point recently, from Costco’s bird being caught in a legal broiler to a man in Philly who ate a whole rotisserie chicken for 40 consecutive days.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
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
The veggies gently cook in the residual heat while the dish spends just a few minutes browning under the broiler.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
“It’s a broiler out here. I know a shortcut.”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
As hundreds of millions of wild birds migrate southward across North America in the fall, broilers and laying hens can be stowed indoors in barns out of harm’s way.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
This is what you might do in the backyard but not what happens in most American steakhouse kitchens, where broilers are standard.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
At their highest setting, broilers can deliver something like the intense, dry, radiant heat of a grill, so they’re a good way to get some char on your food.
From Slate ● May 22, 2020
U.S. broilers averaged 98 cents a pound in 2018 and 88 cents in 2019, Maples said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2019
This is the chief reason broilers don’t get put in cages.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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