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broil

verb
/bɹɔɪl/US/bɹaɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English broylen, brulen (“to broil, cook”), from Anglo-Norman bruiller, broiller (“to broil, roast”), Old French brusler, bruller (“to broil, roast, char”), a blend of two Old French verbs: * bruir (“to burn”), from Frankish *brōjan (“to burn, scald”) * usler (“to scorch”), from Latin ustulō (“to scorch”)

  1. derived from ustulō — “to scorch”
  2. derived from *brōan✻ — “to burn, scald”
  3. derived from brusler
  4. derived from bruiller
  5. inherited from broylen

Definitions

  1. To cook by direct, radiant heat.

  2. To expose to great heat.

  3. To be exposed to great heat.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Food prepared by broiling.

    2. To cause a rowdy disturbance

      To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.

    3. To brawl.

    4. A brawl

      A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.

      • come to broils

The neighborhood

Derived

broast, broilable, broiler, broilsome, broil up, charbroil, overbroil, pan-broil, panbroil, unbroiled

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