Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue. · To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander. · To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly. · To feel very hot; to swelter.
A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack. · The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window. · On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it. · A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat from above and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.
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