broil
/brɔɪl/
noun
- The act or process of cooking with direct, intense heat from above.
- The recipe calls for a five-minute broil to brown the top.
- Set the oven to broil for the last few minutes of cooking.
- A quick broil gives the vegetables a nice char.
verb
- To cook food by exposing it to direct, intense heat from above, usually in an oven.
- You can broil the chicken breasts for about ten minutes on each side.
- She set the oven to broil to melt the cheese on the casserole.
- I like to broil salmon fillets until the top is golden and crispy.
- To become very hot, especially from the sun or high temperatures.
- We broiled on the beach all afternoon without any shade.
- The sidewalk was so hot it felt like it could broil an egg.
- Without air conditioning, the apartment broils in the summer.