grill

Universal Words noun, verb noun 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