Dictionary Definition
grill
Noun
1 a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
[syn: grillroom]
2 a framework of metal bars used as a partition
or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" [syn: grille, grillwork] v : cook over a
grill; "grill the sausages"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Alternative spellings
Pronunciation
- /gɹɪl/
- Rhymes with: -ɪl
Noun
- A rack; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
- On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
- A device comprising a source of radiant heat and a means of holding food
near it, to cook it; a barbecue; a griddle.
- I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner.
Derived terms
Translations
rack, grid
- Finnish: ristikko, ritilä
- Norwegian: grill
vehicle front cover
- German: Grill
- Norwegian: grill
barbecue
- Finnish: grilli
- German: Grill
- Norwegian: grill
Verb
- To cook food on a
grill; to barbecue.
- Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
- To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
Translations
cook food
- Finnish: grillata
- German: grillen
- Norwegian: grille
interrogate
- Finnish: kuulustella, hiillostaa, tentata
- Norwegian: grille
- Spanish: gratinar
Norwegian
Noun
Extensive Definition
Grill may refer to:
In food:
- Grill
(cooking), a device or surface used for cooking food, usually
fueled by gas or charcoal.
- In The US, a Barbecue.
- In the rest of the world, a Kitchen grill (Known in the US as a 'Broiler' ).
- Grilling, a form of cooking that involves direct heat.
- A restaurant that serves grilled food, such as a "bar and grill".
- A Grill Out is a form of barbecuing made popular in the Midwestern US. Grilling is usually performed "out" side.
- Grill (jewelry), cosmetic dental metal apparatus.
- Grille, an opening in the bodywork of a vehicle to allow air to enter.
- Grille (artillery), a self-propelled artillery piece used by Germany during World War II.
- Grillwork is decorative grating.
- Bernhard Grill
See also
grill in German: Grill
grill in French: Grille
grill in Simple English: Grill
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
andiron, automat, bake, barbecue, baste, beanery, bistro, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, buffet, buvette, cafe, cafeteria, canteen, cantina, casserole, chain, chophouse, chuck wagon, coal
tongs, coddle, coffee
shop, coffeehouse,
coffeeroom, cook, cookhouse, cookshack, cookshop, course, cover, crane, crook, cross-examine,
cross-interrogate, cross-question, culinary masterpiece, culinary
preparation, curry,
damper, devil, diner, dining hall, dining room,
dish, dismember, do, do to perfection, dog wagon, draw
and quarter, drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house, entree, extract information,
fast-food chain, fire, fire
hook, fire tongs, firedog, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, go over, grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, griller, grillroom, hamburger stand,
hash house, hashery,
heat, hot-dog stand,
impale, inquisition, interrogation, keelhaul, kitchen, lifter, lunch counter, lunch
wagon, luncheonette, lunchroom, main dish, make
inquisition, mess hall, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, parboil, picket, pizzeria, poach, poker, pothook, prepare, prepare food, pry out,
quick-lunch counter, rack,
restaurant, roast, salamander, saute, scallop, sear, shirr, side dish, simmer, smorgasbord, snack bar,
spit, steam, stew, stir-fry, tar and feather,
tavern, tearoom, third degree,
third-degree, toast,
tongs, torture, trattoria, tripod, trivet, turnspit