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broiler

UK/ˈbɹɔɪlə//ˈbɹɔɪlɚ/

broiler noun: a person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.

Noun

broiler (plural broilers)

  1. A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
  2. (Canada, US) A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.
  3. A chicken raised for meat.
    • In the 1960's culling hens and cockerels accounted for the main share of all live poultry exports. In more recent years, exports of live stewers, ducks, and geese have trended downward while foreign trade of live broilers and turkeys has greatly increased.1972, Cline Jefferson Warren, The Netherlands Poultry Meat Industry, page 4
    1. Specifically, a young chicken 6 to 10 weeks old, as contrasted with a roaster.
  4. (archaic) One who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels, or broils.
    • What doth he but turn broiler, […] make new libels against the church?1649, Henry Hammond, The Pastor's Motto

broiler meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Indonesian

broiler in Tamil

இறைச்சிக் கோழி, இறைச்சிக்கோழி, கறிக்கோழி

broiler in Marathi

chicken suitable for broiling
ब्रॉयलर brŏylar

broiler in Bengali

গ্রিল, রোস্টার

broiler in Indonesian

chicken suitable for broiling
ayam broiler
More languagesFewer languages
broiler in Persian
مرغ گوشتی morġ-e gušti, بریانکن beryân-kon

Examples of broiler in a sentence

  • We keep a flock of layers and flock of broilers.
  • The laggard broilers are euthanized and incinerated.
  • This kind of broiler delivers tremendous heat that is both predictable and consistent.

All 14 example sentences with broiler

Forms of broiler

pluralbroilers

Plural of broiler: broilers

Origin of broiler

From broil + -er (agent noun suffix) or, for the chickens, + -er (patient suffix).

Words formed from broiler

Phrases with broiler

Words that rhyme with broiler

Questions about broiler

What does broiler mean?
Broiler means a person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
What is broiler in Tamil?
Broiler in Tamil is இறைச்சிக் கோழி, இறைச்சிக்கோழி, கறிக்கோழி. See Broiler meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is broiler?
Broiler is a noun.
How do you pronounce broiler?
Broiler is pronounced /ˈbɹɔɪlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of broiler?
The plural of broiler is broilers.

Words near broiler in the dictionary

  1. broil
  2. broil up
  3. broilable
  4. broiled
  5. broiled up
  6. broiler
  7. broiler chicken
  8. broiler chickens
  9. broiler house
  10. broiler houses
  11. broilerhouse

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: broiler (page history and authors); broiler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); broiler (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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