1. [Brit] A device in a cooker that radiates head down, made of hot electric elements or burning gas heating a gauze at the top of the compartment
   "She used the grill to make cheese on toast"
    
2. A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
   "They placed the marinated steaks on the hot grill";
   - grid, gridiron
    
3. A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
   "he cooked hamburgers on the grill";
   - grille, grillwork
    
4. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
   "grill the steak gave it a delicious charred flavour";
   - broil [N. Amer], broiling [N. Amer], grilling
    
5. A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
   "They enjoyed steaks at the hotel's grill";
   - grillroom

1. (cooking) cook over or under a grill
   "grill the sausages"
    
2. (cooking) cook under a broiler
   "grill fish";
   - broil [N. Amer], oven broil [N. Amer]
    
3. Examine thoroughly
   "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology"
    
4. Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
   "the tourists were grilling in the heat";
   - bake, broil [N. Amer]
    
5. Heat by a natural force
   "The sun grills the valley in the summer";
   - broil [N. Amer], bake

Sounds like: grieves, grearill, gr

Derived forms: grilled, grilling, grills

Type of: be, cook, cookery, cooking, cooking utensil, cookware, eatery [informal], eating house, eating place, examine, exist, frame, framework, heat, heat up, preparation, restaurant, resto [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Grill, John