grill

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate

   We cooked the hamburgers on the grill, but the hotdogs would have fallen through.

2. 2
   verb

   cook over a grill

   grill the sausages

3. 3
   verb

   examine thoroughly

   the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology

4. 4
   noun

   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.

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.

   a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills

7. 7
   noun

   A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.

   These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill.

8. 8
   noun

   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.

Etymology

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”).