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broiling

broiling adjective: very hot. Also the gerund of broil: the act of broil.

Adjective

broiling (comparative more broiling, superlative most broiling)

  1. Very hot.
    • But the butterflies were dead. A whiff of rotten eggs had vanquished the pale clouded yellows which came pelting across the orchard and up Dods Hill and away on to the moor, now lost behind a furze bush, then off again helter-skelter in a broiling sun.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter II, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC, page 21

Noun

broiling (plural broilings)

  1. A food prepared by broiling.
    • Likewise, when mixed broilings or skewered meats are offered, they can be kept warm or finished on a modest-sized table-top grill.1974, Bruce H. Axler, Showmanship in the Dining Room, page 30

Also used as

broiling is also the gerund of broil: the act of broil.

broiling is also the present participle and gerund of broil.

Forms of broiling

Adjective
comparativemore broiling
superlativemost broiling
Noun
pluralbroilings

Origin of broiling

From broil + -ing.

Words formed from broiling

Phrases with broiling

Questions about broiling

What does broiling mean?
Broiling means very hot.
What part of speech is broiling?
Broiling can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near broiling in the dictionary

  1. broilerhouses
  2. broilerman
  3. broilermen
  4. broilers
  5. broileth
  6. broiling
  7. broiling up
  8. broilingly
  9. broilings
  10. broils
  11. broils up

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