grill1

 
Pronunciation: /grɪl/

noun

British
  • a device on a cooker that radiates heat downwards for cooking food: place under a hot grill [as modifier]: a grill pan
  • a gridiron used for cooking food on an open fire.
  • a dish of grilled food, especially meat.
  • (also grill room) a restaurant serving grilled food: [in names]: the Savoy Grill

verb

[with object]
  • 1cook (food) using a grill: grill the trout for five minutes
  • 2 informal subject (someone) to intense questioning or interrogation: my father grilled us about what we had been doing (as noun grilling) they faced a grilling over the latest results

Derivatives

griller

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century: from French gril (noun), griller (verb), from Old French graille 'grille'