grill1

noun

• a metal framework used for cooking food over an open fire; a gridiron.
• a portable device for cooking outdoors, consisting of a metal framework placed over charcoal or gas fuel.
• a dish of food, especially meat, cooked using a grill.
• (also grill room) a restaurant serving grilled food.

verb

• 1 [with object] cook (something) using a grill:grill the trout for about five minutes

• 2 [with object] 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