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Definitions for Grilling

[1] a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
[2] a dish of grilled meat, fish, etc. Compare mixed grill.
[3] grillroom.
[4] 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.
[5] to broil on a gridiron or other apparatus over or before a fire.
[6] to subject to severe and persistent cross-examination or questioning.
[7] to torment with heat.
[8] to mark with a series of parallel bars like those of a grill.
[9] to undergo broiling.
[10] a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
[11] an opening, usually covered by grillwork, for admitting air to cool the engine of an automobile or the like; radiator grille.
[12] any of various perforated screens, sheets, etc., used to cover something, as on a radio for protecting the amplifier or in cryptography for coding purposes.
[13] a ticket window covered by a grating.
[14] Court Tennis . a square-shaped winning opening on the hazard side of the court. Compare dedans(def 1) , winning gallery.
[15] cooked on a grill or gridiron
[16] having a grille
[17] 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 way Usual US and Canadian word: broil
[18] (tr; usually passive) to torment with or as if with extreme heat the travellers were grilled by the scorching sun
[19] (tr) informal to subject to insistent or prolonged questioning
[20] a device with parallel bars of thin metal on which meat, fish, etc, may be cooked by a fire; gridiron
[21] a device on a cooker that radiates heat downwards for grilling meat, fish, etc
[22] food cooked by grilling
[23] See grillroom
[24] a variant spelling of grille
[25] Also called: grillwork a framework, esp of metal bars arranged to form an ornamental pattern, used as a screen or partition
[26] Also called: radiator grille a grating, often chromium-plated, that admits cooling air to the radiator of a motor vehicle
[27] a metal or wooden openwork grating used as a screen or divider
[28] a protective screen, usually plastic or metal, in front of the loudspeaker in a radio, record player, etc
[29] real tennis the opening in one corner of the receiver's end of the court
[30] a group of small pyramidal marks impressed in parallel rows into a stamp to prevent reuse

Words related to Grilling

grillsear, roast, barbecue, interrogate, cook, burn, rotisserie, interview, inquisition, question, catechize, cross-examine

Words nearby Grilling

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Origin of Grilling

e1655–65; < French, Old French < Late Latin *gratīcula, Latin crātīcula (compare Old Provençal grazilha ), diminutive of crātis

Words that may be confused with Grilling

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, grillegrill, grille

Other words from Grilling

grilled , adjective
un·grilled , adjective

Word origin for Grilling

eC17: from Old French, from Latin crātīcula fine hurdlework, from crātis a hurdle

Synonyms for Grilling

barbecue, roast, sear, burn, cook, rotisserie, charcoal-broil, cook over an open pit