What does "broil" mean?
Broil: To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
Additional senses
- 2.To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
- 3.To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat. The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. Cheyne.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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