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1. [Brit] A device in a cooker that radiates head down, made of hot electric elements or burning gas heating a gauze at the top of the compartment
    
2. A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
   - grid, gridiron
    
3. A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
   "he cooked hamburgers on the grill";
   - grille, grillwork
    
4. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
   - broil [N. Amer], broiling [N. Amer], grilling
    
5. A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
   - grillroom
    
6. The playing field on which football is played
   - football field, gridiron

1. (cooking) cook over or under a grill
   "grill the sausages"
    
2. Examine thoroughly
   "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology"
    
3. (cooking) cook under a broiler
   "grill fish";
   - broil [N. Amer], oven broil [N. Amer]
    
4. Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
   "the tourists were grilling in the heat";
   - bake, broil [N. Amer]
    
5. Heat by a natural force
   "The sun grills the valley in the summer";
   - broil [N. Amer], bake

Sounds like: grieves, grearill, gr

Derived forms: grills, grilling, grilled

Type of: athletic field, be, cook, cookery, cooking, cooking utensil, cookware, eatery, eating house, eating place, examine, field, frame, framework, heat, heat up, pitch [Brit], playing area, playing field, preparation, restaurant

Part of: football stadium

Encyclopedia: Grill, John