grill

grill
[[t]grɪ̱l[/t]]
grills, grilling, grilled
1) N-COUNT A grill is a part of a stove which produces strong heat to cook food that has been placed underneath it. [BRIT]

Place the omelette under a gentle grill until the top is set.

(in AM, use broiler)
2) N-COUNT A grill is a flat frame of metal bars on which food can be cooked over a fire.
3) V-ERG When you grill food, or when it grills, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it. [BRIT]

[V n] Grill the meat for 20 minutes each side...

[V adv] Apart from peppers and aubergines, many other vegetables grill well.

[V-ed] ...grilled chicken.

Derived words:
grilling N-UNCOUNT

The breast can be cut into portions for grilling.

(in AM, use broil)
4) VERB If you grill someone about something, you ask them a lot of questions for a long period of time. [INFORMAL]

[V n about/on n] Grill your travel agent about the facilities for families with children...

[V n] The police grilled him for hours.

Syn:
Derived words:
grilling plural N-COUNT

They gave him a grilling about the implications of a united Europe.

5) N-COUNT A grill is a restaurant that serves grilled food.

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • grill — grill …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Grill- — Grill …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • grill — [ gril ] n. m. • 1896, répandu v. 1950; grill room 1893; abrév. de l angl. grill room ♦ Restaurant où on mange essentiellement des grillades. Des grills. ⊗ HOM. Gril. ● grill room, grill rooms ou grill nom masculin (anglais grill room, de to… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Grill — (pl.:Grills) (v. engl. grill über frz. gril/grille, aus lat. craticulum: Flechtwerk) steht für: ein Gerät zum Grillen von Fleisch und anderen Nahrungsmitteln den zum Grillgerät gehörigen Grillrost auf einer Feuerstelle bei einem Auto den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Grill — may refer to: Contents 1 In food 2 Music 3 People 4 Discussion 5 Other …   Wikipedia

  • Grill — Grill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grilling}.] [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. gra[ i]l, L. craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron, dim. of crates hurdle. See {Grate}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To broil on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Grill — Sm std. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. grill, dieses aus frz. grille f. Rost , aus afrz. greïlle, graïlle, aus l. crātīcula f. kleiner Rost , einem Diminutivum zu l. crātis f. Flechtwerk , dessen germanische Verwandtschaft unter Hürde… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • grill — (n.) gridiron, 1680s, from Fr. gril, from O.Fr. greil, alteration of graille grill, frating, railings, fencing, from L. craticula gridiron, small griddle, dim. of cratis wickerwork, perhaps from PIE *kert to turn, entwine. The verb meaning to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Grill — Grill: Die Bezeichnung für »Bratrost« ist eine Entlehnung des 20. Jh.s aus gleichbed. engl. grill, das über frz. gril (neben grille) auf lat. craticulum (neben craticula) »Flechtwerk, kleiner Rost« zurückgeht. Das Stammwort lat. cratis… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Grill — Grill, n. [F. gril. See {Grill}, v. t.] 1. A gridiron. [1913 Webster] [They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat. Cotton. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. A figure of crossed bars… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grill — grill, grille In BrE a grill is a device for cooking food, and the food itself. A grille is a metal grid protecting the radiator of a motor vehicle; this too is sometimes spelt grill …   Modern English usage

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