grill

A piece of equipment that cooks food above a fire or another source of heat.

• We bought a new grill.
• He lit the charcoal grill in the garden.
• Does this grill run on gas or electricity?

Similar words: barbecue

Common phrases: gas grill, charcoal grill, outdoor grill

A surface of metal bars on which food is cooked over heat.

• Put the fish on the grill.
• Food stuck to the metal bars of the grill.
• She cleaned the grill after cooking the steaks.

Similar words: gridiron, cooking grate

Common phrases: on the grill, hot grill, grill rack

A meal of meat or other food cooked over strong heat.

• I ordered the mixed grill.
• The seafood grill came with rice and vegetables.
• We shared a large grill at the hotel restaurant.

Common phrases: mixed grill, seafood grill

To cook food on metal bars over strong heat.

• We grill fish outside.
• She grilled the chicken for ten minutes.
• Can you grill these vegetables while I make the salad?

Similar words: barbecue

Common phrases: grill a steak, grill some fish, grill vegetables

To ask someone many difficult questions, often in an angry or forceful way.

• The police grilled the suspect.
• My parents grilled me about where I had been.
• Reporters are grilling the mayor on the new contract.

How to use it: grill someone about something (The police grilled him about the missing money.); grill someone on something (Reporters grilled the minister on her spending plans.)

Similar words: question, interrogate

Common phrases: grill someone, grill someone about something