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   Grill

   /ɡril/

   

   noun

   • 1. 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.
   • ▪ a restaurant serving grilled food.

   verb

   • 1. cook (something) using a grill: "grill the trout for about five minutes"
   • 2. subject (someone) to intense questioning or interrogation: informal "my father grilled us about what we had been doing"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from French gril (noun), griller (verb), from Old French graille ‘grille’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. griller noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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