noun

grill

broiler, grill, barbecue

Put the sausages under the grill.

Put the sausages under the broiler.

We had a barbecue on the grill.

We had a barbecue on the grill.

((a/the grill)) a part of a stove that directs heat downwards; a broiler. Put the toast under the broiler.

((a/the grill)) a frame of metal bars over a fire on which food is cooked. He cooked the burgers on the grill.

Synonyms: barbecue, broiler

From Old French 'graille' (grate), from Latin 'craticula' (small gridiron).

The parallel 'l's in 'grill' can remind you of the parallel bars of a cooking grate.

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