broil

broil
Synonyms and related words:
ado, affray, agitation, altercate, altercation, argument, bake, baking, barbecue, barbecuing, baste, basting, battle, be in heat, bicker, blanch, blaze, blood feud, bloom, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, box, braise, braising, brawl, brew, brewing, broiling, brouhaha, brown, burn, cacophony, casserole, catering, chaos, choke, clash, close, coddle, collide, combat, combust, come to blows, commotion, contend, contention, contest, controversy, cook, cookery, cooking, course, cover, cuisine, culinary masterpiece, culinary preparation, culinary science, curry, cut and thrust, devil, differ, dish, dispute, disturbance, do, do to perfection, domestic science, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, duel, dustup, ebullition, embroilment, entree, exchange blows, fanaticism, fence, ferment, feud, fight, fight a duel, fire, flame, flame up, flap, flare, flare up, flicker, flite, fliting, flush, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, fray, free-for-all, frenzy, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, frying, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, gasp, give and take, give satisfaction, glow, grapple, grapple with, griddle, grill, grilling, hassle, have words, heat, helter-skelter, home economics, hubbub, imbroglio, incandesce, join issue, jostle, joust, knock-down-and-drag-out, logomachy, main dish, melee, melt, mix it up, nutrition, open quarrel, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, pan-broiling, pandemonium, pant, parboil, parch, passion, pell-mell, poach, poaching, polemic, pother, prepare, prepare food, quarrel, racket, radiate heat, rage, rampage, rassle, riot, roast, roasting, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run a tilt, saute, sauteing, scald, scallop, scorch, scramble, scrimmage, scuffle, sear, searing, seethe, set to, sharp words, shimmer with heat, shindy, shirr, shirring, side dish, simmer, simmering, skirmish, slanging match, smolder, smother, snarl, spar, spark, spat, squabble, steam, steeping, stew, stewing, stifle, stir, stir-fry, storminess, strife, strive, struggle, suffocate, sweat, swelter, tempestuousness, thrust and parry, tiff, tilt, to-do, toast, toasting, tourney, trouble, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, tussle, uproar, upset, vendetta, wage war, war, wildness, words, wrangle, wrestle, zeal, zealousness

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  • broil — broil·er; broil·er·man; broil·ing·ly; em·broil·er; em·broil·ment; char·broil; broil; em·broil; char·broil·er; …   English syllables

  • broil — broil1 [broil] vt. [ME broilen < OFr bruillir, to broil, roast; prob. by confusion of bruir, to burn (< Gmc * brojan, to brew) & usler < L ustulare, to singe] 1. to cook by exposing to a flame or other direct source of intense heat 2. to …   English World dictionary

  • Broil — Broil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Broiling}.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br[ u]ejen, G. br[ u]hen, to scald, akin to E. brood.] 1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Broil — Broil, n. [F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus, broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. pr[=o]il marsh, G. br[ u]hl, MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes apparently …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Broil — Broil, v. i. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat. [1913 Webster] The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. Cheyne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • broil — [ brɔıl ] verb intransitive or transitive AMERICAN to cook something by putting it close to strong heat above or below it, for example in a part of the oven called the broiler or on a BARBECUE (=fire for cooking outside): broiled chicken Sprinkle …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • broil — [brɔıl] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: bruler to burn ] 1.) [T] AmE to cook something under direct heat, or over a flame on a ↑barbecue British Equivalent: grill ▪ broiled chicken 2.) [I and T] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • broil — n fracas, melee, row, *brawl, rumpus, scrap Analogous words: fray, affray, fight, conflict, combat, *contest: altercation, wrangle, *quarrel: contention, strife, dissension, conflict (see DISCORD) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • broil — [v] cook under direct heat burn, melt, roast, scorch, sear, swelter; concept 170 Ant. freeze …   New thesaurus

  • broil — ► VERB chiefly N. Amer. 1) cook (meat or fish) by exposure to direct heat. 2) become very hot. ORIGIN Old French bruler to burn …   English terms dictionary

  • broil|er — «BROY luhr», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a pan or rack for broiling: »Mother set the lamb chops on the broiler. 2. a young chicken, tender enough for broiling. 3. a person or thing that broils. 4. Informal. a very hot day; scorcher. –adj. (of… …   Useful english dictionary

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