grillen — meaning in English

English meaning

• barbecue noun A grill or fireplace used for cooking food, usually outdoors over hot coals or gas flame.
• broil verb To cook by direct, radiant heat.
• fry verb To cook food in hot oil or fat.
• grill noun A rack of metal bars used for cooking food over direct heat.

Senses

grillen is used for these senses in English:

• barbecue A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
• barbecue (transitive, intransitive) To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke food over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
• fry (chiefly, US, ambitransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.
• grill (transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
• grill (transitive, colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.

barbecue — full definition

1. noun A grill or fireplace used for cooking food, usually outdoors over hot coals or gas flame.
2. noun A social event centered on food cooked outdoors, or the food itself.
3. verb To cook food over an open flame or hot coals, often with a smoky flavor.

broil — full definition

1. verb To cook by direct, radiant heat.
2. verb To expose to great heat.
3. verb To be exposed to great heat.

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