Library / English Dictionary

GRILL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

he cooked hamburgers on the grill

Synonyms:

grill; grille; grillwork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("grill" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Derivation:

grill (cook over or under a grill)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill

Synonyms:

grill; grillroom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("grill" is a kind of...):

eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant (a building where people go to eat)

Derivation:

grill (cook over or under a grill)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cook over or under a grill

Example:

grill the sausages

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "grill" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grill"):

barbecue; barbeque; cook out (cook outdoors on a barbecue grill)

hibachi (cook over a hibachi grill)

broil; oven broil (cook under a broiler)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs grill the vegetables

Derivation:

grill (a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate)

grill (a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill)

grilling (cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Examine thoroughly

Example:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "grill" is one way to...):

examine (question closely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Credits