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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024broil1 /brɔɪl/USA pronunciation v. - Foodto (cause to) be cooked by direct heat;
grill: [~ + object]Let's broil a couple of steaks.[no object]The meat's broiling; take it off when the outside is dark. - to (cause to) be very hot;
scorch: [no object]The oven is broiling.[no object* it + be + ~]It's broiling out there; stay inside in the air-conditioned room.[~ + object]Don't stay out too long in this August sun; it'll broil you.
n. - (a piece of) meat for broiling: [uncountable]She bought London broil and tenderized it.[countable]She brought home a London broil for dinner.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024broil1 (broil),USA pronunciation v.t. - Foodto cook by direct heat, as on a gridiron over the heat or in an oven under the heat;
grill:to broil a steak. - to scorch;
make very hot.
v.i. - Foodto be subjected to great heat;
become broiled. - to burn with impatience, annoyance, etc.
n. - Foodthe act or state of broiling;
state of being broiled. - Foodsomething broiled, esp. meat:She ordered a beef broil and salad.
- Latin ustulāre to scorch
- Frankish *brōjan; compare Middle High German brü(ej)en, German brühen to scald) and usler
- Anglo-French bruill(i)er, broil(l)er, Old French brusler, brul(l)er to burn (French brûler), a conflation of the verbs represented by Old French bruir to burn (
- Middle English brulen, brolyn, broillen 1300–50
- an angry quarrel or struggle;
disturbance;
tumult:a violent broil over who was at fault.
v.i. - to quarrel;
brawl.
- Gmc; see broth, brewis) + Late Latin -iculāre verb, verbal suffix
- Gallo Romance *brodiculāre, equivalent. to *brod- (
- Anglo-French, Old French broiller to jumble together
- late Middle English broylen to present in disorder, quarrel 1400–50
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