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grille
1or grill
[ gril ]
noun
- a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- an opening, usually covered by grillwork, for admitting air to cool the engine of an automobile or the like; radiator grille.
- any of various perforated screens, sheets, etc., used to cover something, as on a radio for protecting the amplifier or in cryptography for coding purposes.
- a ticket window covered by a grating.
- Court Tennis. a square-shaped winning opening on the hazard side of the court. Compare dedans ( def 1 ), winning gallery.
grillé
2or gril·lée
[ French gree-yey ]
adjective
- cooked on a grill; broiled.
- Textiles. having an ornamental bar or grate pattern across the open areas of a lace motif.
grille
/ ɡrɪl /
noun
- Also calledgrillwork a framework, esp of metal bars arranged to form an ornamental pattern, used as a screen or partition
- Also calledradiator grille a grating, often chromium-plated, that admits cooling air to the radiator of a motor vehicle
- a metal or wooden openwork grating used as a screen or divider
- a protective screen, usually plastic or metal, in front of the loudspeaker in a radio, record player, etc
- real tennis the opening in one corner of the receiver's end of the court
- a group of small pyramidal marks impressed in parallel rows into a stamp to prevent reuse
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- grilled adjective
- un·grilled adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grille1
1655–65; < French, Old French < Late Latin *gratīcula, Latin crātīcula (compare Old Provençal grazilha ), diminutive of crātis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grille1
C17: from Old French, from Latin crātīcula fine hurdlework, from crātis a hurdle
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