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Synonyms for broil

Grammar : Verb
Spell : broil
Phonetic Transcription : brɔɪl

Définition of broil

Origin :
  • "to cook," late 14c. (earlier "to burn," mid-14c.), from Old French bruller "to broil, roast" (Modern French brûler), earlier brusler "to burn" (11c.), which, with Italian bruciare, is of uncertain and much-disputed origin.
  • Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *brodum "broth," borrowed from Germanic and ultimately related to brew (v.). Gamillscheg proposes it to be from Latin ustulare "to scorch, singe" (from ustus, past participle of urere "to burn") and altered by influence of Germanic "burn" words beginning in br-. Related: Broiled; broiling.
  • verb cook under direct heat
Example sentences :
  • Or you may cut it into three pieces and broil it without splitting.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Broil them over a clear fire, and see that the bread does not burn.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Broil them about three quarters of an hour, keeping them covered with a plate.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Why, marry, I can brew a bowl of punch, and I can broil a devilled fowl.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • You may split them or broil them whole; pepper and salt them well.
  • Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury
  • To broil them, split and sprinkle with herbs, pepper and salt; or stuff with the same, adding crumbs and chopped fennel.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • After washing them, he put them to broil over his smoky fire of green twigs.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • It's the devil's own broil ye'll find yourself in if you refuse.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
  • Broil it carefully and rare, then go and toss quoits with Hercules.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 » by Various
  • I'll never try to broil any again on top of a stick of wood!
  • Extract from : « Prudy Keeping House » by Sophie May

Antonyms for broil

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