grilled

grill  (grl)

tr.v. grilled, grill·ing, grills

1. To broil on a gridiron.

2. To torture or afflict as if by broiling.

3. Informal To question relentlessly; cross-examine.

4. To mark or emboss with a gridiron.

n.

1. A cooking surface of parallel metal bars; a gridiron.

2. Food cooked by broiling or grilling.

3. A grillroom.

4. A series of marks grilled or embossed on a surface.

5. Variant of grille.

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[French griller, from gril, gridiron, from Old French greille, from Latin crtcula; see griddle.]

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griller n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	grilled - cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) broiled cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
	2.	grilled - cooked over an outdoor grill barbecued cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat