grill

¹

[ gril ]

noun

1. a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
2. a dish of grilled meat, fish, etc. Compare mixed grill.
3. grillroom.
4. 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)

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

   Synonyms: barbecue

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

   Synonyms: probe, interrogate

3. to torment with heat.

   Synonyms: torture

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

verb (used without object)

1. to undergo broiling.

grill

²

[ gril ]

noun

1. grille.

grill

¹

/ ɡrɪl /

verb

1. 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 way Usual US and Canadian wordbroil
2. tr; usually passive to torment with or as if with extreme heat

   the travellers were grilled by the scorching sun

3. informal.
   tr to subject to insistent or prolonged questioning

noun

1. a device with parallel bars of thin metal on which meat, fish, etc, may be cooked by a fire; gridiron
2. a device on a cooker that radiates heat downwards for grilling meat, fish, etc
3. food cooked by grilling
4. See grillroom
   See grillroom

grill

²

/ ɡrɪl /

noun

1. See grille
   a variant spelling of grille

Derived Forms

• ˈgriller, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grill¹

1660–70; 1890–95 grill ¹fordef 6; < French gril gridiron ≪ Latin crātīculum, creātīculō, diminutive of crātis wickerwork, hurdle. See grille

Word History and Origins

Origin of grill¹

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

Origin of grill²

C17: see grille

Example Sentences

Bradford took over the grill five years ago and survived a few seasons of not making much money.

From ProPublica

Space is limited, so any camp grill worthy of the rare real estate in the truck bed would need to pack up small.

From Outside Online

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.

From 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.

From Outside Online

Last but not least, any portable grill worth using should still cook food efficiently and evenly.

From Outside Online

He took her to the Savoy Grill to eat lobster, and to his favorite Mexican joint for hot enchiladas.

From The Daily Beast

Also, Mary is dead now and her grill has probably been blown to smithereens.

From The Daily Beast

Called my friends Cindy and Gary and they came over and we put steaks on the grill and smoked cigars and got drunk.

From The Daily Beast

The air around the grill clouds with the steam of sizzling onions.

From The Daily Beast

McDonald channeled us into Holiday's last year of life, in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.

From The Daily Beast

From the tables outside, one can see into the small kitchen, with its polished copper sauce-pans hanging about the grill.

From Project Gutenberg

So she nodded good-humouredly at her son and let the subject of the Piccadilly Grill drop.

From Project Gutenberg

Catching the grill with one hand as he rushed through the door, Shelby sought to slam it shut and latch it.

From Project Gutenberg

At their most adventurous they would lunch or dine in the neutral region of the grill-room at the Grand Babylon.

From Project Gutenberg

But it is the etiquette and tradition of the Grill, that whoever enters it must speak with whomever he finds there.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• barbecue
• roast
• sear