Grill

Definition: Grill

Grill

Noun

1. A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill.

2. A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill".

Verb

1. Cook over a grill; "grill the sausages".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "grill" was first used: 1685. (references)

Note: Grill \Grill\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Grilled; Grilling.]. (references)

Industry

Personal Care & Hotels

Personal Care & Hotels

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Grill

Abode

Assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house, cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop, dive, exchange; grill room, saloon, shebeen; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada; almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse.

Calefaction

Burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch; brand, cauterize, sear, burn in; corrode, char, calcine, incinerate; smelt, scorify; reduce to ashes; burn to a cinder; commit to the flames, consign to the flames.

Crosswords: Grill

German (barbecue, broiler, grill, grille, rotisserie), Hungarian (grill), Manx (grille), Spanish (grill), Swedish (broiler, gridiron, grill, grille, grillroom).

You kill 'em, we grill 'em. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

It's served on an open grill.You know what this can use (Cedric the Entertainer Presents; writing credit: Charles Peattie; Mark Warren)

You put the beef on the grill, hit the button, then it beeps (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

He's out back by the grill. (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España)

When you see Mr. Croser, will you tell him his breakfast is under the grill - using electricity (A Day in Summer; writing credit: J.L. Carr; Alan Plater)

Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day (Back In The USA; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

Shut up your grill (Feelin' So Good; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)

Mic pointed at your grill like a gun (Take A Look Around; performing artist: Limp Bizkit)

Jerk chicken on the grill, so make the champagne pour (Dance & Shout; performing artist: Shaggy)

Big Will keepin it real knees to the grill (Freakin It; performing artist: Will Smith)

Vic's Grill (1951)

Ice Grill (2002)

Adventures of D.P. Boys 1: Down at Sunset Grill (1994)

Grill Cheese Bandits (1991)

Lone Star Bar & Grill (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Amarillo Mesquite Grill, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Gaucho Grill PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Buffalo Grill: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Roadhouse Grill, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Grill Concepts, Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• License to Grill (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ice Grill (reference)

• The Spitfire Grill (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Spitfire Grill [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill (reference)

• Lonely Grill (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Cyber Acoustics CA-15 2-PC 3-Watt Amplified Speaker Cloth Grill (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• George Foreman GR44TMR Double Knockout Grill (reference)

• Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill (reference)

• Charcoal Companion 21-Inch Big Head Grill Brush with Rosewood Handle (reference)

• George Foreman GR10ABWI Champ Grill with Bun Warmer, Indigo (reference)

• George Foreman Indoor Grill with Bun Warmer - Chrome GR14BWC (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

From an overhead angle, red diagonal letters reading: "Bake, broil, boil and steam foods instead of frying" sit on a grill. The letters are surrounded by fish, corn, beans and red/yellow peppers on a skewer. Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" July 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Salmon ready for the grill at a community fish fry in support of the United Seiners Association. Credit: Fisheries.

Caption: Edison Amberola (B)-I with Grill Removed Showing Speaker; Unknown Date; {29.110/119} (jpg).

Japan: woman sitting on floor and baking on grill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Philadelphia, Penna., Spring 1938--The Ritz grill near 22nd and Arch Streets. Credit: Library of Congress.

Garden, North Shore Grill Club, Magnolia, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress.

Edelweiss Cafe, Grill Room, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.

Iron grill work of residence, Meriden, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

"V" Gates, Hitler. Jack Nathan, holds the grill from his Brooklyn home, which he donated yesterday to the New York City Salvage Committee to help its campaign for scrap metal. Credit: Library of Congress.

D.S. Schaab, residence in Pearl River, New York. Outdoor grill with the family. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

The growth of the theme restaurant sector is a recent trend that continues to gain popularity, with restaurants like El Rancho (Tex/Mex), Buffalo Grill (American fare), Tarte Julie (specialty sweet and savory pies), and Flam's (regional cuisine from Alsace). (references)

Travel

Ghana

The Akwaaba Restaurant has good Continental dishes and a grill, and the Primavera offers upscale Italian cuisine. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "grill": barbecue grill ♦ gas grill ♦ grill after coating with egg and breadcrumbs ♦ grill house ♦ grill in the sun ♦ grill meat ♦ grill oneself ♦ grill pan ♦ grill room ♦ grill smb. ♦ infrared grill ♦ mixed grill ♦ outdoor grill ♦ radiator grill. Additional references.

Beginning with "grill": grill-and-serve, grill-bar, grill-pan.

Ending with "grill": turbo-grill.

Afrikaans

rooster (grate, grid, schedule, time-table). (various references)

Albanian

vuaj (ache, agonize, languish, pain, suffer), skarë (barbecue, broiler, fire-bar, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grillage, rack), restorant me mishra të pjekura, pjek nën diell, pjek në skarë (broil), pjek (bake, calcinate, decrepitate, fire, ripen, roast), mish i pjekur në skarë, marr në pyetje pa pushim, djeg (bake, bite, burn, burn down, carbonate, carbonize, cauterize, char, consume, cremate, gut, incinerate, scald, set on fire, sting). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مطعم شواء, ‏مصبع (digital, digitate), ‏مشواة (broiler, gridiron, roaster), ‏ضايق (aggrieve, annoy, bully, distress, disturb, dog, fret, get in the way, gnaw, grate, harass, harrow, harry, incommode, inconvenience, irk, jar, jolt, molest, nag, persecute, pester, pick, rag, rattle, saddle, torment), ‏إستجوب بقسوة, ‏شوى (barbecue, braise, broil, pop, roast, roasting), ‏شواء (broil, roast, roasting). (various references)

Bulgarian 

скара (grate, grid, grillage, grille, rotisserie), грил, въртя на шиш, опичам (bake, broil, roast), подлагам на строг разпит, печене на скара, пека (bake, broil, cook, fire, roast). (various references)

Chinese 

格栅 (grille). (various references)

Czech

grilovat (broil), rožeò (barbecue, broach, grid, spit), rošt (grate, grid, gridiron), podrobit křížovému výslechu (cross-examine), opékat na rožni (barbecue), opékat na grilu, mřížoví (grate, grid, lattice). (various references)

Danish

rist (air grille, cattle grid, grate, grating, grid, grille, hearth), naalestang til straekvaerker (faller), hæk (grate, grid). (various references)

Dutch

rooster (grate, grid, schedule, timetable, time-table), traliehek (grate, grid), hek (barrier, fence, grate, grid), afrastering (grate, grid). (various references)

Esperanto

krado (grate, grid). (various references)

Faeroese

rist (grate, grid), rimaverk (balustrade, banisters, grate, grid, parapet, railing). (various references)

Farsi 

پختن (Bake, Concoct, Cook, Hatch, Scallop, Shirr), گوشت کباب کن , سیخ شبکه ای (Grid), عذاب دادن (Agonize, Lacerate, Lug, Put, Rack, Rankle, Torment, Torture), روی سیخ یاانبرکباب کردن , بریان کردن (Barbecue, Parch, Roast), بریان شدن . (various references)

Finnish

grillata (barbecue, roast), parila (gridiron), paistaa (bake, broil, fry, roast, shine, toast), paahtaa (barbecue, be blazing hot, heat, roast, scorch, toast), paahdin (roaster, rotisserie, spit roaster, toaster). (various references)

French

grille (grate, grating, grid, grid circuit, grille), gril (gridiron), grilloir. (various references)

Frisian

ôffreding (grate, grid). (various references)

Galician

grella. (various references)

German

grillen (barbecue, broil, broiling, grilling, to broil), Grill (barbecue, broiler, grille, rotisserie), rost (frame, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, rust). (various references)

Greek 

σχάρα (broiler, grate, grid, gridiron, rack). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחקור קשות, לצלות (braise, broil, roast), אסכלה (gang way, grate, grid, gridiron, ladder, roasting jack), גריל (grid, gridiron), צלי (roast, roasted meat), סריג (grate, grating, grid, lattice, latticework). (various references)

Hungarian

grillsütő (barbecue, bbq), grill, rostonsült (broil, grilled), roston sült hús, roston sült étel, roston sül (to grill), rostély (ciphering square, cipher-stencil, grate, grid, grille, lattice), rács (bars, grate, grating, grid, grille, lattice, rail, railing, screen), húst roston sült, erõszakosan vallat. (various references)

Indonesian

panggangan. (various references)

Italian

griglia (grating, grid, grille, rust), graticola (broiler, grate, gridiron), grata (grate, grating, grid, grille, Guichet, lattice). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

グリニッジ標準時 (glimpse, glue, green peas, Greenwich mean time, griffon, groovy, group, group discussion, group dynamics, group interview, groupie, grouping, grouping-effect, rock band). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

グリル . (various references)

Korean 

석쇠 (grille). (various references)

Manx

greddey (broil; spanking, broiling, devil, grilling, heat, parch, roast, toast, toasting), greddaney (parch, toasting), greddag, feill ghreddanit. (various references)

Maori

hunuhunu-a (to grill). (various references)

Norwegian

grille, rist (grate). (various references)

Pig Latin

illgray.(various references)

Portuguese

grade (drag, dunnage, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, harrow, lattice, rail, railing, screen), grelha (broiler, fire-pan, grate, grid, gridiron, roaster, screen). (various references)

Romanian

grãtar (grate, grid, gridiron, rack, roast). (various references)

Romansch

grillar (to grill). (various references)

Russian 

гриль. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

roštilj (barbecue, broil, gridiron, roaster), rešetka (colander, grating, grid, gridiron, grillage, grille, hatch, lattice, portcullis, trap), peći na roštilju. (various references)

Spanish

parrilla (broiler, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grillroom, shelf, steakhouse, trattoria). (various references)

Swedish

halstra (broil, roast, toast), halster (broiler, gridiron). (various references)

Thai

ตะแกรง (grid, sieve), ย่าง. (various references)

Turkish

sorguya çekmek (catechize, cross-examine, draw, examine, give a grilling, interrogate, query, question), parmaklık (balustrade, banisters, bar, boarding, fence, fencing, grating, grid, grille, guardrail, hurdle, paling, palisade, rack, rail, railing, trellis), kafes (bird cage, cage, coop, grating, grille, hutch, jail, lath, lattice, mew, pen, trellis), kızartmak (chap, Fry, roast, rubefy, rubify, toast), işkence etmek (agonize, crucify, excruciate, martyr, persecute, put to the torture, rack, torment, torture), ızgarada pişirmek, ızgara et, ızgara (broiler, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grilled, grilled meat, griller, riffle). (various references)

Turkmen 

daglamak (brand). (various references)

Ukrainian

смажитися (cook, frizzle, roast), смажити на рашпері, решітка (grate, grille, rack), рашпер (brander, grid, gridiron), палити (blow, burn, funk, smoke). (various references)

Vietnamese 

quán chả nướng, chả hiệu chả cá. (various references)

craticula, craticulam, craticulamque. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "grill": grillade, grillades, grillage, grillages, grille, grilled, griller, grillers, grilles, grilling, grillroom, grillrooms, grills, grillwork, grillworks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Grill" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Crill, gaill, gerlil, Ghiolla, goril, Gorrell, gral, Grall, greal, grel, grell, griel, gril, grily, grisl, groil, groll, grrl, grul, guill, Sgriol. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gill, girl, rill.

-2 letters: ill, rig.

-3 letters: li.

+1 letter: giller, grille, grills.

+2 letters: gillers, gorilla, grilled, griller, grilles, ligular, rilling, rolling.

+3 letters: allergic, allergin, alluring, bullring, drilling, drolling, frilling, galleria, galliard, gerbille, gladlier, gloriole, gorillas, grillade, grillage, grillers, grilling, guerilla, lordling, pillager, playgirl, prilling, rallying, rollings, trilling, trolling, villager.

+4 letters: allergies, allergins, allergist, alligator, argillite, brailling, bullrings, carolling, cellaring, cigarillo, collaring, darlingly, drillings, enrolling, flaringly, frillings, fullering, gallerias, galleried, galleries, galliards, gerbilles, girlishly, glaringly, glomeruli, glorioles, grillades, grillages, grillroom, grillwork, grisaille, gristmill, gruelling, guerillas, guerrilla, hollering, laureling, leeringly, legalizer, lordlings, milligram, pellagrin, perilling, pilgarlic, pillagers, pillaring, playgirls, rallyings, ravelling, rebelling, rebilling, recalling, refalling, refelling, refilling, repelling, repolling, rerolling, reselling, retelling, revelling, rivalling, rowelling, salesgirl, scrolling, shrilling, signaller, strolling, thralling, thrilling, tillering, treillage, trollings, trollying, unrolling, villagers, villagery, willinger, worldling.