1 (BrE) the part of a cooker that directs heat downwards to cook food that is placed underneath it:
Put it under a hot grill to brown for two minutes.
compareBROILER
2 a flat metal frame that you put food on to cook over a fire
seealsoBARBECUE
3 a dish of grilled food, especially meat
seealsoMIXEDGRILL
4 (especially in names) a restaurant serving grilled food:
Harry's Bar and Grill
5 = GRILLE
verb [VN]
1 (BrE) to cook food under or over a very strong heat:
Grill the sausages for ten minutes. * grilled bacon
compareBROIL
2 (AmE) to cook food over a fire, especially outdoors:
grilled meat and shrimp
3 ~ sb (about sth) to ask sb a lot of questions about their ideas, actions, etc., often in an unpleasant way:
They grilled her about where she had been all night. * He was grilled by detectives for several hours.
seealsoGRILLING
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