broil

C2 Topic:Cooking & Baking

US /bɹaɪl/ UK /bɹɔɪl/ See IPA manual

Freq #52690

Meanings

1

verb
to cook under a broiler

I broiled some sea bass.
2

verb
to heat by a natural force

The sun broils the valley in the summer.
3

verb
to be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun

The town was broiling in the sun.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to cook under a broiler oven broil

3 verb · to be very hot, due to hot... bake

More carbonado

Word family

Forms broiledbroilingbroils

Derived forms broastbroilablebroilerbroilsomecharbroiloverbroilpan-broilpanbroilunbroiled

Related forms griddleembroil

Etymology

From Middle English broylen, brulen (“to broil, cook”), from Anglo-Norman bruiller, broiller (“to broil, roast”), Old French brusler, bruller (“to broil, roast, char”), a blend of two Old French verbs: * bruir (“to burn”), from Frankish *brōjan (“to burn, scald”) * usler (“to scorch”), from Latin ustulō (“to scorch”)

*h₁ews- Proto-Indo-European broylen Middle English bruiller xno brusler Old French *brōan frk ustulō Latin

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Topics

Cooking & Baking Actions & Processes

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# broil

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /bɹaɪl/
**IPA (UK):** /bɹɔɪl/
**Frequency rank:** 52690

## Meanings
1. to cook under a broiler
2. to heat by a natural force
3. to be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun

## Examples
- I broiled some sea bass.
- The sun broils the valley in the summer.
- The town was broiling in the sun.

## Synonyms
- oven broil
- bake
- carbonado

## Derived Forms
- broast
- broilable
- broiler
- broilsome
- charbroil
- overbroil
- pan-broil
- panbroil
- unbroiled

## Related Forms
- griddle
- embroil

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₁ews-
- Root: broylen
- Root: bruiller
- Root: brusler
- Root: *brōan
- Root: ustulō

## Etymology
From Middle English broylen, brulen (“to broil, cook”), from Anglo-Norman bruiller, broiller (“to broil, roast”), Old French brusler, bruller (“to broil, roast, char”), a blend of two Old French verbs: * bruir (“to burn”), from Frankish *brōjan (“to burn, scald”) * usler (“to scorch”), from Latin ustulō (“to scorch”)

## Topics
- Cooking & Baking
- Actions & Processes

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