Added 9 October 2026
grill
/ɡɹɪl/ noun
In Latin: transenna Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about grill at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill.
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A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate.
he cooked hamburgers on the grill
verb
Origin
1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.
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