noun
Meaning 1
A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
broiler
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɔɪlə/
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General-American: /ˈbɹɔɪlɚ/
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rhymes with -ɔɪlə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: B R OY1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 3
A chicken raised for meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A chicken raised for meat.
Specifically, a young chicken 6 to 10 weeks old, as contrasted with a roaster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
One who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels, or broils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 6
an oven or part of a stove used for broiling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: oven
noun
Meaning 7
flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chicken, poulet, volaille
History
Etymology
From broil + -er (agent noun suffix) or, for the chickens, + -er (patient suffix).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: grillaaja — one who broils, or cooks by broiling
- Dutch: grill — device used to broil food
- Finnish: grilli — device used to broil food
- German: Bratrost — device used to broil food
- Norwegian Bokmål: grill — device used to broil food
- Persian: بریانکن (beryân-kon) — device used to broil food
- Polish: opiekacz — device used to broil food
- Polish: grill — device used to broil food
- Yiddish: בראָטער (broter) — device used to broil food
- Yiddish: בראָטאויוון (brotoyvn) — device used to broil food
- Bulgarian: бройлер (brojler) — chicken suitable for broiling
- Dutch: vleeskuiken — chicken suitable for broiling
- Finnish: broileri — chicken suitable for broiling
- German: Brathähnchen — chicken suitable for broiling
- Indonesian: ayam broiler — chicken suitable for broiling
- Italian: broiler — chicken suitable for broiling
- Marathi: ब्रॉयलर (brŏylar) — chicken suitable for broiling
- Norwegian Bokmål: broiler — chicken suitable for broiling
- Persian: مرغ گوشتی (morġ-e gušti) — chicken suitable for broiling
- Polish: brojler — chicken suitable for broiling
- Spanish: broiler — chicken suitable for broiling
- Swedish: broiler — chicken suitable for broiling
- Swedish: gödkyckling — chicken suitable for broiling
- Ukrainian: бро́йлер (brójler) — chicken suitable for broiling
- Yiddish: בראָטהון (brothun) — chicken suitable for broiling
- Bulgarian: кавгаджия (kavgadžija) — one who excites broil
- Finnish: riitapukari — one who excites broil
- German: Krachmacher — one who excites broil
- German: Krachmacherin — one who excites broil