adj, noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
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"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."
"I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner."
"a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills"
"These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill."
"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."
"r u a grill?"
"Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?"
"Bradly hung the fowl in a sugar-bag for to-morrow's dinner and set about grilling chops, with tomatoes stuffed with cheese and breadcrumbs in the pan."
"The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime."
"He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains, and shivered with fever under the rude thatch roof; […]"
"A grill puts out a lot of heat."
A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
Common synonyms include: andiron, ask question, assail, automat, bake, barbecue.
A grill puts out a lot of heat.
Pronounced /ɡɹɪl/.
1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.
From Middle English grillen (“to anger, provoke”), from Old English grillan, griellan (“to annoy, vex, offend”), from Proto-West Germanic *gralljan (“to shout, make angry”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian grulje (“to make angry”), Dutch grillen (“to shudder, shiver”), Low German vergrellen (“to anger, provoke”), German grollen (“to rumble”) and perhaps also with French grouiller (“to swarm”).
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”).
From Middle English grille, from Old English *grylla, *griella, from Proto-West Germanic *gralljō.