Grill
/ɡrɪl/noun
A device or surface for cooking food over direct heat, or the act of cooking in that way.
Did you know?English *grill* came through French from a word for a metal grate, but the slang sense “to question intensely” later leaned into the image of someone being blasted by relentless heat.
Etymological Timeline
Late Latin
LL
craticula
“a small grate or gridiron”
Old French
OF
gril
“a gridiron or grate”
Middle English
ME
grill(e)
“a grate or gridiron used for cooking”
17th Century
English
grill
“to broil or cook over a grate”
19th Century
English
grill
“to question harshly or intensely”
Modern English
English
grill
“to cook on a grill; to question closely”