GRILLED

barbecued, grilled

(adjective) cooked over an outdoor grill

broiled, grilled

(adjective) cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

grilled

simple past tense and past participle of grill

Adjective

grilled (comparative more grilled, superlative most grilled)

Cooked on a grill.

As if cooked on a grill.

Etymology 2

Adjective

grilled (not comparable)

Fitted with a grille.

Anagrams

• Ridgell

Source: Wiktionary


GRILL

Grill, n. Etym: [F. gril. See Grill, v. t.]

1. A gridiron. [They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat. Cotton.

2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.

Grill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grilling.] Etym: [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. graïl, L. craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron, dim. of crates hurdle. See Grate, n.]

1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons. Marvell.

2. To torment, as if by broiling. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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