About The Word Broil
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Broil
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What's The Definition Of Broil?
[n] cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
[v] cook under a broiler; "broil fish" [v] heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" Synonyms | Synonyms for Broil: bake | broiling | grilling | oven broil Related Terms | Find terms related to Broil: ado | affray | agitation | altercate | altercation | argument | bake | baking | barbecue | barbecuing | baste | basting | battle | be in heat | bicker | blanch | blaze | blood feud | bloom | bluster | bobbery | boil | boiling | bother | box | braise | braising | brawl | brew | brewing | broiling | brouhaha | brown | burn | cacophony | casserole | catering | chaos | choke | clash | close | coddle | collide | combat | combust | come to blows | commotion | contend | contention | contest | controversy | cook | cookery | cooking | course | cover | cuisine | culinary masterpiece | culinary preparation | culinary science | curry | cut and thrust | devil | differ | dish | dispute | disturbance | do | do to perfection | domestic science | donnybrook | donnybrook fair | duel | dustup | ebullition | embroilment | entree | exchange blows | fanaticism | fence | ferment | feud | fight | fight a duel | fire | flame | flame up | flap | flare | flare up | flicker | flite | fliting | flush | fomentation | foofaraw | fracas | fray | free-for-all | frenzy | fricassee | frizz | frizzle | fry | frying | fume | furor | furore | fury | fuss | gasp | give and take | give satisfaction | glow | grapple | grapple with | griddle | grill | grilling | hassle | have words | heat | helter-skelter | home economics | hubbub | imbroglio | incandesce | join issue | jostle | joust | knock-down-and-drag-out | logomachy | main dish | melee | melt | mix it up | nutrition | open quarrel | oven-bake | pan | pan-broil | pan-broiling | pandemonium | pant | parboil | parch | passion | pell-mell | poach | poaching | polemic | pother | prepare | prepare food | quarrel | racket | radiate heat | rage | rampage | rassle | riot | roast | roasting | rough-and-tumble | roughhouse | row | ruckus | ruction | rumpus | run a tilt | saute | sauteing | scald | scallop | scorch | scramble | scrimmage | scuffle | sear | searing | seethe | set to | sharp words | shimmer with heat | shindy | shirr | shirring | side dish | simmer | simmering | skirmish | slanging match | smolder | smother | snarl | spar | spark | spat | squabble | steam | steeping | stew | stewing | stifle | stir | stir-fry | storminess | strife | strive | struggle | suffocate | sweat | swelter | tempestuousness | thrust and parry | tiff | tilt | toast | toasting | to-do | tourney | trouble | tumult | tumultuousness | turbulence | turmoil | tussle | uproar | upset | vendetta | wage war | war | wildness | words | wrangle | wrestle | zeal | zealousness See Also | cookery | cooking | grill | heat | heat up | pan-broil | preparation Broil In Webster's Dictionary \Broil\, n. [F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus,
broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin;
cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. pr[=o]il marsh, G. br["u]hl,
MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes
apparently from tangled undergrowth, thicket, and this
possibly from the meaning to grow, rise, sprout.]
A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl;
contention; discord, either between individuals or in the
state.
I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness
in human nature which will which will cause innumerable
broils, place men in what situation you please.
--Burke.
Syn: Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation;
dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar.
\Broil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Broiling}.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br["u]ejen, G. br["u]hen, to scald, akin to E. brood.] 1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals. 2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat. \Broil\, v. i. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat. The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. --Cheyne. |
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