broil

Meaning

Noun

Food prepared by broiling.

Verb

1. (Canada, US, obsolete, transitive) To cook by direct, radiant heat.
2. (Canada, US, transitive) To expose to great heat.
3. (Canada, US, intransitive) To be exposed to great heat.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To brawl.

Synonyms

roast

grill

fry

bake

scorch

parch

toast

fire

🔥

burn

barbeque

broiling

fray

oven broil

boil down

grilling

wrangle

quarrel

cook

🧑‍🍳

slog

sound

🔉

spat

squabble

swot

burn to a crisp

cook out

cause to burn

braai

fry up

cook in an oven

altercation

炙る

barbecue

brawl

carbonado

char

contention

disputation

jangle

noise

poach

pop

row

ruckus

ruction

scald

scrap

scuffle

singe

Translations

griller

grillen

assar

rostir

φιλονικία

ψήνω στη σχάρα

rôtir

kochen

🧑‍🍳

cuocere

🧑‍🍳

cuire

🧑‍🍳

embrouiller

rösten

braten

backen

συμπλοκή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹɔɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: broillen

Inherited from Middle English: broilen

In summary

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”)