grille
/ɡɹɪl/
grille noun: a rectangular stencil allowing words to be written, then read, through its apertures, with the text further disguised by filling the remaining space with irrelevant words. Also the alternative form of grill.
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Noun
grille (plural grilles)
- A rectangular stencil allowing words to be written, then read, through its apertures, with the text further disguised by filling the remaining space with irrelevant words.
Also used as
grille is also the alternative form of grill.
Forms of grille
| plural | grilles |
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Origin of grille
Borrowed from French grille.
Words formed from grille
Phrases with grille
Words that rhyme with grille
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- chill
- 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
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
- 'twill
Questions about grille
- What does grille mean?
- Grille means a rectangular stencil allowing words to be written, then read, through its apertures, with the text further disguised by filling the remaining space with irrelevant words.
- What part of speech is grille?
- Grille is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grille?
- Grille is pronounced /ɡɹɪl/.
- What is the plural of grille?
- The plural of grille is grilles.
Words near grille in the dictionary
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