[gril] 
| 1. | a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron. |
| 2. | a dish of grilled meat, fish, etc. Compare mixed grill. |
| 3. | grillroom. |
| 4. | Philately. a group of small pyramidal marks, embossed or impressed in parallel rows on certain U.S. and Peruvian stamps of the late 19th century to prevent erasure of cancellation marks. |
| 5. | to broil on a gridiron or other apparatus over or before a fire. |
| 6. | to subject to severe and persistent cross-examination or questioning. |
| 7. | to torment with heat. |
| 8. | to mark with a series of parallel bars like those of a grill. |
| 9. | to undergo broiling. |
[gril] | 1. | a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design. |
| 2. | an opening, usually covered by grillwork, for admitting air to cool the engine of an automobile or the like; radiator grille. |
| 3. | 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. |
| 4. | a ticket window covered by a grating. |
| 5. | Court Tennis. a square-shaped winning opening on the hazard side of the court. Compare dedans (def. 1), winning gallery. |
| grill (grĭl) tr.v. grilled, grill·ing, grills
[French griller, from gril, gridiron, from Old French greille, from Latin crātīcula; see griddle.] grill'er n. |
| grille also grill (grĭl) n.
[French, from Old French greille; see grill.] |
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