broiler
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See also: Broiler
English
Etymology
From broil + -er (agent noun suffix) or, for the chickens, + -er (patient suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔɪlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔɪlɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ)
Noun
broiler (plural broilers)
- A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
- (cooking, Canada, US) A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.
- A chicken raised for meat.
- 1972, Cline Jefferson Warren, The Netherlands Poultry Meat Industry, page 4:
- In the 1960's culling hens and cockerels accounted for the main share of all live poultry exports. In more recent years, exports of live stewers, ducks, and geese have trended downward while foreign trade of live broilers and turkeys has greatly increased.
- Specifically, a young chicken 6 to 10 weeks old, as contrasted with a roaster.
- (archaic) One who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels, or broils.
- 1649, Henry Hammond, The Pastor's Motto:
- What doth he but turn broiler, […] make new libels against the church?
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
one who broils, or cooks by broiling
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device used to broil food
chicken suitable for broiling
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one who excites broil
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