grill

[ gril ]

/ grɪl /

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noun

a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.

a dish of grilled meat, fish, etc.Compare mixed grill.

Philately. a group of small pyramidal marks, embossed or impressed in parallel rows on certain U.S. and Peruvian stamps of the late 19th century to prevent erasure of cancellation marks.

verb (used with object)

to broil on a gridiron or other apparatus over or before a fire.

to subject to severe and persistent cross-examination or questioning.

to torment with heat.

to mark with a series of parallel bars like those of a grill.

verb (used without object)

to undergo broiling.

OTHER WORDS FOR grill

5 barbecue.

6 interrogate, probe.

7 torture.

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Origin of grill

1660–70; 1890–95 for def. 6; <French gril gridiron ≪ Latin crātīculum,creātīculō, diminutive of crātis wickerwork, hurdle. See grille

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH grill

grill , grille

Words nearby grill

Grignard reaction, Grignard reagent, grigri, grike, Grikwa, grill, grillade, grillage, grille, grilled, griller

Other definitions for grill (2 of 2)

grill²

[ gril ]

/ grɪl /

noun

grille.

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How to use grill in a sentence

Bradford took over the grill five years ago and survived a few seasons of not making much money.
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If, like my husband, you enjoy splurging on high-quality meat and want to cook it precisely, the grill comes with all the features you need.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs|Amy Marturana Winderl|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
Last but not least, any portable grill worth using should still cook food efficiently and evenly.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs|Amy Marturana Winderl|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
The included temperature probe, which connects to the digital control panel on the front, made it easy to cook our pork tenderloin perfectly without opening the grill and letting out heat.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs|Amy Marturana Winderl|September 2, 2020|Outside Online

Space is limited, so any camp grill worthy of the rare real estate in the truck bed would need to pack up small.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs|Amy Marturana Winderl|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
He took her to the Savoy Grill to eat lobster, and to his favorite Mexican joint for hot enchiladas.
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Also, Mary is dead now and her grill has probably been blown to smithereens.
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Called my friends Cindy and Gary and they came over and we put steaks on the grill and smoked cigars and got drunk.
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The air around the grill clouds with the steam of sizzling onions.
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McDonald channeled us into Holiday's last year of life, in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.
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From the tables outside, one can see into the small kitchen, with its polished copper sauce-pans hanging about the grill.
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So she nodded good-humouredly at her son and let the subject of the Piccadilly Grill drop.
Happy House|Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg
Catching the grill with one hand as he rushed through the door, Shelby sought to slam it shut and latch it.
The Revolt of the Star Men|Raymond Gallun
At their most adventurous they would lunch or dine in the neutral region of the grill-room at the Grand Babylon.
The Regent|E. Arnold Bennett
But it is the etiquette and tradition of the Grill, that whoever enters it must speak with whomever he finds there.
In the Fog|Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for grill (1 of 2)

grill¹

/ (ɡrɪl) /

verb

to cook (meat, fish, etc) by direct heat, as under a grill or over a hot fire, or (of meat, fish, etc) to be cooked in this wayUsual US and Canadian word: broil

(tr; usually passive) to torment with or as if with extreme heatthe travellers were grilled by the scorching sun

(tr) informal to subject to insistent or prolonged questioning

noun

a device with parallel bars of thin metal on which meat, fish, etc, may be cooked by a fire; gridiron

a device on a cooker that radiates heat downwards for grilling meat, fish, etc

food cooked by grilling

See grillroom

Derived forms of grill

griller, noun

Word Origin for grill

C17: from French gril gridiron, from Latin crātīcula fine wickerwork; see grille

British Dictionary definitions for grill (2 of 2)

grill²

/ (ɡrɪl) /

noun

a variant spelling of grille

Word Origin for grill

C17: see grille

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