Fooda grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
Fooda dish of grilled meat, fish, etc. Cf. mixed grill.
grillroom.
Stamps[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.
v.t.
Foodto 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.
v.i.
Foodto undergo broiling.
French gril gridiron Latin crātīculum,creātīculō, diminutive of crātis wickerwork, hurdle. See grille
1660–70; 1890–95 for def. 6;
5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged barbecue.
6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged interrogate, probe.
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
Automotivean opening, usually covered by grillwork, for admitting air to cool the engine of an automobile or the like; radiator grille.
Cryptographyany of various perforated screens, sheets, etc., used to cover something, as on a radio for protecting the amplifier or in cryptography for coding purposes.
a ticket window covered by a grating.
Sport[Court Tennis.]a square-shaped winning opening on the hazard side of the court. Cf. dedans (def. 1), winning gallery.
Also, grill.
Late Latin *gratīcula, Latin crātīcula (compare Old Provencal grazilha), diminutive of crātis
French, Old French
1655–65
grilled, adj.
gril•lé(Fr. grē yā′),USA pronunciationadj.
Foodcooked on a grill; broiled.
Textileshaving an ornamental bar or grate pattern across the open areas of a lace motif.
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 word:broil
(tr; usually passive)to torment with or as if with extreme heat: the travellers were grilled by the scorching sun
(transitive)to subject to insistent or prolonged questioning
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