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broil

DEFINITIONS OF: broil

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v cook under a broiler

broil fish”
Synonyms:
oven broil
Types:
pan-broil
broil in a pan
Type of:
grill
cook over a grill

v heat by a natural force

“The sun broils the valley in the summer”
Synonyms:
bake
Type of:
heat, heat up
make hot or hotter

v be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun

“The town was broiling in the sun”
Synonyms:
bake
Type of:
be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

n cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

Synonyms:
broiling, grilling
Type of:
cookery, cooking, preparation
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
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