grill

grill
    n 1: a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill [syn:
         {grillroom}, {grill}]
    2: a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he
       cooked hamburgers on the grill" [syn: {grill}, {grille},
       {grillwork}]
    v 1: cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"
    2: examine thoroughly; "the student was grilled for two hours on
       the subject of phonology"
    

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.
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Grill \Grill\, n. [F. gril. See {Grill}, v. t.]
   1. A gridiron.
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            [They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat.
                                                  --Cotton.
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   2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.
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   3. A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those
      sometimes impressed upon postage stamps.
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   4. A grillroom.
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Grill \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.]
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   1. To broil on a grill or gridiron.
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            Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on
            gridirons.                            --Marvell.

   2. To torment, as if by broiling. --Dickens.
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   3. To stamp or mark with a grill.
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135 Moby Thesaurus words for "grill":
      andiron, automat, bake, barbecue, baste, beanery, bistro, blanch,
      boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, buffet, buvette, cafe, cafeteria,
      canteen, cantina, casserole, chain, chophouse, chuck wagon,
      coal tongs, coddle, coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffeeroom, cook,
      cookhouse, cookshack, cookshop, course, cover, crane, crook,
      cross-examine, cross-interrogate, cross-question,
      culinary masterpiece, culinary preparation, curry, damper, devil,
      diner, dining hall, dining room, dish, dismember, do,
      do to perfection, dog wagon, draw and quarter, drive-in,
      drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house, entree,
      extract information, fast-food chain, fire, fire hook, fire tongs,
      firedog, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, go over, grate, grating,
      grid, griddle, gridiron, griller, grillroom, hamburger stand,
      hash house, hashery, heat, hot-dog stand, impale, inquisition,
      interrogation, keelhaul, kitchen, lifter, lunch counter,
      lunch wagon, luncheonette, lunchroom, main dish, make inquisition,
      mess hall, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, parboil, picket, pizzeria,
      poach, poker, pothook, prepare, prepare food, pry out,
      quick-lunch counter, rack, restaurant, roast, salamander, saute,
      scallop, sear, shirr, side dish, simmer, smorgasbord, snack bar,
      spit, steam, stew, stir-fry, tar and feather, tavern, tearoom,
      third degree, third-degree, toast, tongs, torture, trattoria,
      tripod, trivet, turnspit