Definitions for: Grill


[n] a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"
[n] a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
[v] cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"



Webster (1913) Definition: Grill, n. [F. gril. See Grill, v. t.]
1. A gridiron.

[They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat.
--Cotton.

2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.


Grill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grilling.] [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. gra["i]l, L.
craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron,
dim. of crates hurdle. See Grate, n.]
1. To broil on a grill or gridiron.

Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on
gridirons. --Marvell.

2. To torment, as if by broiling. --Dickens.


Grill, n.
1. A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those
sometimes impressed upon postage stamps.

2. A grillroom.


Grill, v. t.
To stamp or mark with a grill.


Grill, v. i.
To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to
broil.

He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains.
--Kipling.

Synonyms: grille, grillroom, grillwork

See Also: barbecue, broil, cook, cook out, eating house, eating place, frame, framework, framing, hibachi, oven broil, restaurant

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