Nearby Words
Broiling www.ehow.com/ eHow Broiling Tips From People Like You
Get The Dictionary.com Mobile App! www.dictionary.com/mobile Enjoy Exclusive Features like Voice Search! iPhone, Android, iPad, BlackBerry, Windows & More. Download Now!
Ads
verb (used with object)
1.
to cook by direct heat, as on a gridiron over the heat or in an oven under the heat; grill: to broil a steak.
2.
to scorch; make very hot.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be subjected to great heat; become broiled.
4.
to burn with impatience, annoyance, etc.
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Broiling
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
5.
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
6.
something broiled, especially meat: She ordered a beef broil and salad.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English brulen, brolyn, broillen < Anglo-French bruill(i)er, broil(l)er, Old French brusler, brul(l)er to burn (French brûler), a conflation of the verbs represented by Old French bruir to burn (< Frankish *brōjan; compare Middle High German brü(ej)en, German brühen to scald) and usler < Latin ustulāre to scorch
1300–50; Middle English brulen, brolyn, broillen < Anglo-French bruill(i)er, broil(l)er, Old French brusler, brul(l)er to burn (French brûler), a conflation of the verbs represented by Old French bruir to burn (< Frankish *brōjan; compare Middle High German brü(ej)en, German brühen to scald) and usler < Latin ustulāre to scorch
Related forms
broil·ing·ly, adverb
Dictionary.com Unabridged
noun
1.
an angry quarrel or struggle; disturbance; tumult: a violent broil over who was at fault.
verb (used without object)
2.
to quarrel; brawl.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To broiling
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
broil
"quarrel," c.1400, from Anglo-Fr. broiller "mix up, confuse," O.Fr. brooillier "to mix, mingle," figuratively "to have sexual intercourse" (13c., Mod.Fr. brouiller), perhaps from breu, bro "stock, broth, brew," from Frankish or another Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. brod "broth") akin to
EXPANDCOLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
broiling
cooking by exposing food to direct radiant heat, either on a grill over live coals or below a gas burner or electric coil. Broiling differs from roasting and baking in that the food is turned during the process so as to cook one side at a time. Temperatures are higher for broiling than for roasting; the broil indicator of a household range is typically set around 550 F (288 C), whereas larger commercial appliances broil between 700 and 1,000 F (371 and 538 C)
Learn more about broiling with a free trial on Britannica.com.
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Quote Of The Day
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
