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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) [syn: broil, broiling, grilling]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. [1913 Webster] Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons. --Marvell. 2. To torment, as if by broiling. --Dickens.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see grill

Moby Thesaurus

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