a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
a dish of grilled meat, fish, etc.Compare mixed grill.
grillroom.
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.
verb (used with object)
to 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.
verb (used without object)
to undergo broiling.
Origin of grill
1
1660–70; 1890–95 for def. 6; <French gril gridiron ≪ Latin crātīculum,creātīculō, diminutive of crātis wickerwork, hurdle. See grille
Bradford took over the grill five years ago and survived a few seasons of not making much money.
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The included temperature probe, which connects to the digital control panel on the front, made it easy to cook our pork tenderloin perfectly without opening the grill and letting out heat.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs|Amy Marturana Winderl|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
Space is limited, so any camp grill worthy of the rare real estate in the truck bed would need to pack up small.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs|Amy Marturana Winderl|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
If, like my husband, you enjoy splurging on high-quality meat and want to cook it precisely, the grill comes with all the features you need.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs|Amy Marturana Winderl|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
Last but not least, any portable grill worth using should still cook food efficiently and evenly.
5 Portable Grills for All Your Outdoor Cooking Needs|Amy Marturana Winderl|September 2, 2020|Outside Online
Also, Mary is dead now and her grill has probably been blown to smithereens.
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Called my friends Cindy and Gary and they came over and we put steaks on the grill and smoked cigars and got drunk.
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The air around the grill clouds with the steam of sizzling onions.
The Most American Pit Stop in the U.S.A.|Jane & Michael Stern|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
McDonald channeled us into Holiday's last year of life, in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.
Billie Holiday, Barack Obama, and the Pain of Black Women|Joshua DuBois|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Audra McDonald's amazing performance as Billie Holliday in 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill' must win her a Tony.
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But now Thrala was looking beyond him, straight at the grill which sheltered Garin.
The People of the Crater|Andrew North
When the bones would draw out, put it on the gridiron to grill; and then lay it in a dish on cucumbers nicely stewed.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,|Mary Eaton
That was all there was to the matter until Todd, accompanied by two of his older friends, left the grill and started to walk home.
On Secret Service|William Nelson Taft
He could stand on his head, yes, but it was unfair to grill her.
The Paliser case|Edgar Saltus
He would row me about the service of the Grill—something of that sort.
Ruggles of Red Gap|Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for grill (1 of 2)
grill1
/ (ɡrɪl) /
verb
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 wayUsual US and Canadian word: broil
(tr; usually passive)to torment with or as if with extreme heatthe travellers were grilled by the scorching sun
(tr)informalto subject to insistent or prolonged questioning
noun
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
food cooked by grilling
See grillroom
Derived forms of grill
griller, noun
Word Origin for grill
C17: from French gril gridiron, from Latin crātīcula fine wickerwork; see grille