grill
/ɡɹɪl/
grill noun: a grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack. Also the deliberate misspelling of girl.
Noun (1)
grill (plural grills or (jewelry) grillz)
- A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
- The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.
- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
- A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
- A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
- I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner.
- Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
- a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills
- A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
- These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill.
- It was a small grill called Pete's, dark and friendly.1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 153
- A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
- Nella wished him luck and started to walk away, still unsure if that glint in his mouth was a grill or just a few golden teeth.2021, Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl, Bloomsbury, page 213
- The front teeth regarded collectively.
Verb (1)
grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)
- To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
- Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
- To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
- Bradly hung the fowl in a sugar-bag for to-morrow's dinner and set about grilling chops, with tomatoes stuffed with cheese and breadcrumbs in the pan.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139
- To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
- The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
- In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN
- To feel very hot; to swelter.
- He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains, and shivered with fever under the rude thatch roof; […]1898, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work
- To stamp or mark with a grill.
- To stare at.
Verb (2)
grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)
Adjective
grill (comparative griller or more grill, superlative grillest or most grill)
Noun (2)
grill (usually uncountable, plural grills)
- Harm.
Also used as
grill is also the deliberate misspelling of girl.
grill meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
grill in Hindi
- ग्रिल, ग्रील, ग्रिल करना
grill in Tamil
- கிரில், கிரில் செய்ய
grill in Marathi
- ग्रिल, ग्रिल करण्यासाठी
grill in Bengali
- গ্রিল, গ্রিল করা, গ্রিল করতে
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- grill in Telugu
- గ్రిల్, గ్రిల్ చేయడానికి, గ్రిల్ చెయ్యడానికి
- grill in Malayalam
- ഗ്രിൽ, ഗ്രില്ല്, ഗ്രിൽ ചെയ്യാൻ
- grill in Kannada
- ಗ್ರಿಲ್, ಗ್ರಿಲ್ ಮಾಡಲು
- grill in Punjabi
- ਗਰਿੱਲ, ਗ੍ਰਿਲ, ਗਰਿਲ
- grill in Gujarati
- ગ્રિલ, ગ્રીલ, ગ્રિલ કરવા માટે
- grill in Odia
- ଗ୍ରିଲ୍, ଗ୍ରିଲ, ଗ୍ରିଲିଂ କରନ୍ତୁ
- grill in Sanskrit
- भृज्जति bhṛjjati
- grill in Assamese
- গিৰিল giril
- grill in Nepali
- ग्रिल, ग्रिल गर्न, ग्रिल गर्नका लागि
- grill in Arabic
- شواية shiwaya, مُصَبَّع muṣabbaʕ, مِشْوَاة mišwāh, شِوَاء šiwāʔ
- grill in Malay
- pemanggang, panggang
- grill in Persian
- گریل gril, گریل کردن gril kardan
- grill in Thai
- ตะแกรง dtà-grɛɛng, ย่าง yâang, ปิ้ง bpîng
- grill in Vietnamese
- lưới, nướng vĩ, nướng
Examples of grill in a sentence
- Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
- I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.
- Brandon’s makin’ the grill do so we can get to eatin’.
Synonyms of grill
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Forms of grill
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | grills |
| plural | grillz |
| alternative form | grille |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | grills |
| present participle | grilling |
| past participle | grilled |
| past | grilled |
| alternative Scotland | girl |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | griller |
| comparative | more grill |
| superlative | grillest |
| superlative | most grill |
Origin of grill
1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.
From Middle English grillen (“to anger, provoke”), from Old English grillan, griellan (“to annoy, vex, offend”), from Proto-West Germanic *gralljan (“to shout, make angry”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian grulje (“to make angry”), Dutch grillen (“to shudder, shiver”), Low German vergrellen (“to anger, provoke”), German grollen (“to rumble”) and perhaps also with French grouiller (“to swarm”).
From Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *grielle, from Proto-West Germanic *grallī (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”).
Words formed from grill
Phrases with grill
Words that rhyme with grill
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- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
- 'twill
Questions about grill
- What does grill mean?
- Grill means a grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
- What is grill in Hindi?
- Grill in Hindi is ग्रिल, ग्रील, ग्रिल करना. See Grill meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grill?
- Grill can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce grill?
- Grill is pronounced /ɡɹɪl/.
- What is the plural of grill?
- The plural of grill is grills.
Words near grill in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: grill (page history and authors); grill (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grill (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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