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Broil   /brɔɪl/   Listen
Broil

noun
1.
Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill).  Synonyms: broiling, grilling.
verb
(past & past part. broiled; pres. part. broiling)
1.
Cook under a broiler.  Synonym: oven broil.
2.
Heat by a natural force.  Synonym: bake.
3.
Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun.  Synonym: bake.  "The tourists were baking in the heat"



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"Broil" Quotes from Famous Books



... a finer turn than this? Marie, you are a treasure." He motioned Philip to a seat, and began serving. "Nothing in the world is better than a caribou porterhouse cut well back," he went on. "Don't fry or roast it, but broil it. An inch and a half is the proper thickness, just enough to hold the heart of it ripe with juice. See it ooze from that cut! Can you ...
— God's Country--And the Woman • James Oliver Curwood

... the canoe to the root of a tree, and finding out the most agreeable shady spot amongst the bushes with which the beach was covered, (which happened to be very near me) made a fire, on which they laid some fish to broil, and fetching water from the river, sat down on the grass to their frugal repast. I stole softly to the house, and ordering a servant to bring some wine and cold provisions, returned to my squaws. I asked them in French if they were of Lorette, they ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine

... very much, my child; but wouldn't it be better, on the whole, to have a little moral courage, and put an end to all intercourse between the two families, than to live in a constant broil?" ...
— Little Prudy's Sister Susy • Sophie May

... his new resolution, and rather ashamed of his former attitude in view of all her unremitting attentions, he resumed his place at her table. Nor did he stop here. He taught her to broil a chop over her coal fire by removing the stove lid—until then they had been fried—and a new way with a rasher of bacon, using the carving-fork instead of a pan. The clearing of the famous coffee-pot with an egg—making the ...
— Felix O'Day • F. Hopkinson Smith

... to hear how a genuine New York bride looks; besides, you know, dear mother, I want to stay in the kitchen with you. Ester does every thing, and I don't have any chance. I perfectly long to bake, and boil, and broil, and brew things. Say ...
— Ester Ried • Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden)


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