From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grill \Grill\, noun [F. gril. See {Grill}, verb (used with an object)]
1. A gridiron.
[They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat. --Cotton.
2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.
3. A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those sometimes impressed upon postage stamps. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. A grillroom. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grill \Grill\, verb (used with an object) [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}, noun]
1. To broil on a grill or gridiron.
Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons. --Marvell.
2. To torment, as if by broiling. --Dickens.
3. To stamp or mark with a grill. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grill \Grill\, verb (used without an object) To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to broil.
He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains. --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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}]
verb
1: cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
135 Moby Thesaurus words for "grill": 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
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