grille

grille also grill  (grl)

n.

1. A grating of metal, wood, or another material used as a screen, divider, barrier, or decorative element, as in a window or on the front end of an automotive vehicle.

2. An opening covered with a grating.

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[French, from Old French greille; see grill.]

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grille, grill [grɪl]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Also called grillwork a framework, esp of metal bars arranged to form an ornamental pattern, used as a screen or partition

2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Also called radiator grille a grating, often chromium-plated, that admits cooling air to the radiator of a motor vehicle

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a metal or wooden openwork grating used as a screen or divider

4. (Electronics) a protective screen, usually plastic or metal, in front of the loudspeaker in a radio, record player, etc.

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis) Real Tennis the opening in one corner of the receiver's end of the court

6. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Philately) a group of small pyramidal marks impressed in parallel rows into a stamp to prevent reuse

[from Old French, from Latin crātīcula fine hurdlework, from crātis a hurdle]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grille - small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted lattice, wicket opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" stump - (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket
	2.	grille - grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator radiator grille auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" grating, grate - a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
	3.	grille - a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" grill, grillwork framework - a structure supporting or containing something

Translations

grille [grɪl] N → rejilla f; [of window] → reja f; (= screen) → verja f

grille [ˈgrɪl] n

(on counter) → grillage m

[car radiator] → calandre f
grill room n → rôtisserie f

grille

n → Gitter nt; (on window) → Fenstergitter nt; (to speak through) → Sprechgitter nt; (Aut) → Kühlergrill m

grille [grɪl] n → grata (Aut) → griglia