Broil
verb
To cook food by direct heat, usually in an oven.
He decided to broil the steak for dinner.
Often appears as...
- broil steak
- broil fish
verb
To be exposed to intense heat and suffering.
They had to broil in the desert sun for hours.
Often appears as...
- broil in the sun
- broil in the heat
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To cook food by direct heat, usually in an oven.
He decided to broil the steak for dinner.
Often appears as...
- broil steak
- broil fish
verb
To be exposed to intense heat and suffering.
They had to broil in the desert sun for hours.
Often appears as...
- broil in the sun
- broil in the heat
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Cooking Method
Broil is a specific cooking technique that uses direct, high heat from above.
Let's broil the vegetables to get a nice char on them.
Pro Tip 2/3Kitchen Appliance
Broiling is typically done in an oven with a broil setting that heats from the top.
Make sure to move the rack up when you broil the shrimp.
Pro Tip 3/3Short Cooking Time
Broiling usually requires less time than baking or roasting, due to the high heat intensity.
Broil the garlic bread for just two minutes.
Pro Tip 1/3Cooking Method
Broil is a specific cooking technique that uses direct, high heat from above.
Let's broil the vegetables to get a nice char on them.
Pro Tip 2/3Kitchen Appliance
Broiling is typically done in an oven with a broil setting that heats from the top.
Make sure to move the rack up when you broil the shrimp.
Pro Tip 3/3Short Cooking Time
Broiling usually requires less time than baking or roasting, due to the high heat intensity.
Broil the garlic bread for just two minutes.
Pro Tip 1/3Cooking Method
Broil is a specific cooking technique that uses direct, high heat from above.
Let's broil the vegetables to get a nice char on them.
Pro Tip 2/3Kitchen Appliance
Broiling is typically done in an oven with a broil setting that heats from the top.
Make sure to move the rack up when you broil the shrimp.
Pro Tip 3/3Short Cooking Time
Broiling usually requires less time than baking or roasting, due to the high heat intensity.
Broil the garlic bread for just two minutes.
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What's wrong with what...
What could be easier, more filling or healthier for your family than broiling a steak? But by then cattle were already raised unnaturally. Rather than spending their lives eating grass, for which their stomachs were designed, they were forced to eat soy and corn.
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Who Killed the Woolly...
when you think about an impact do you think about getting hit by the projectile what's much more dangerous I think is all that stuff heading downrange carrying with it vapor dust hot gas in broiling most of North America that's the stuff that's very scary
Video examples
What's wrong with what...
What could be easier, more filling or healthier for your family than broiling a steak? But by then cattle were already raised unnaturally. Rather than spending their lives eating grass, for which their stomachs were designed, they were forced to eat soy and corn.
Video examples
Who Killed the Woolly...
when you think about an impact do you think about getting hit by the projectile what's much more dangerous I think is all that stuff heading downrange carrying with it vapor dust hot gas in broiling most of North America that's the stuff that's very scary
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Quote examples
Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
My dinners at home are startlingly simple. Every night, I stop at the market near my hotel and pick up a steak, lamb chops or some liver, which I broil in the electric oven in my room. I usually eat four or five raw carrots with my meat, and that is all. I must be part rabbit; I never get bored with raw carrots.
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Tom Colicchio
American Chef
I'm not a fan of grilling meat, since that tends to dry it out, and I find grill marks leave a bitter taste. A good steak house will offer different options for preparation, and I would ask them to broil or pan-roast the steak and finish it with butter. It ends up a dark chocolate color and stays very juicy.
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Lorne Greene
Canadian Actor
When my father and I were off in the woods or off fishing, we were communicating all the time. We didn't catch many fish and my father was a pretty good fisherman but he just like to take one or two fish and then we would make camp and broil those fish and eat them.
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Alan King
American Comedian
I learned to cook in self-defense. My wife doesn't know what a kitchen is. In the first month of our marriage, she broiled lamb chops 26 nights in a row. Then I took over. I used to mind her not caring about food, but no more - as long as I can eat what I want.
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Anthony Doerr
American Writer
Sometimes I wake at 2 A.M. worrying that my great-granddaughter will have to march through her distant, broiling future gathering all the plastic I ever disposed of.
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Sandra Brown
American Author
No self-respecting Southerner will eat something baked, broiled, grilled, stewed, poached, sauteed, or flambeed when it can be deep fried.
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William Kidd
Scottish Explorer
I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.
Quote examples
Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
My dinners at home are startlingly simple. Every night, I stop at the market near my hotel and pick up a steak, lamb chops or some liver, which I broil in the electric oven in my room. I usually eat four or five raw carrots with my meat, and that is all. I must be part rabbit; I never get bored with raw carrots.
Quote examples
Tom Colicchio
American Chef
I'm not a fan of grilling meat, since that tends to dry it out, and I find grill marks leave a bitter taste. A good steak house will offer different options for preparation, and I would ask them to broil or pan-roast the steak and finish it with butter. It ends up a dark chocolate color and stays very juicy.
Quote examples
Lorne Greene
Canadian Actor
When my father and I were off in the woods or off fishing, we were communicating all the time. We didn't catch many fish and my father was a pretty good fisherman but he just like to take one or two fish and then we would make camp and broil those fish and eat them.
Quote examples
Alan King
American Comedian
I learned to cook in self-defense. My wife doesn't know what a kitchen is. In the first month of our marriage, she broiled lamb chops 26 nights in a row. Then I took over. I used to mind her not caring about food, but no more - as long as I can eat what I want.
Quote examples
Anthony Doerr
American Writer
Sometimes I wake at 2 A.M. worrying that my great-granddaughter will have to march through her distant, broiling future gathering all the plastic I ever disposed of.
Quote examples
Sandra Brown
American Author
No self-respecting Southerner will eat something baked, broiled, grilled, stewed, poached, sauteed, or flambeed when it can be deep fried.
Quote examples
William Kidd
Scottish Explorer
I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.
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