broil meaning

broil as a verb

1. cook under a broiler
   • broil fish

   Synonyms: oven broil

   Type of: grill

   Kinds: pan-broil

   Related forms: broiler

2. heat by a natural force
   • The sun broils the valley in the summer

   Synonyms: bake

   Type of: heat

3. be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
   • The town was broiling in the sun
   • the tourists were baking in the heat

   Synonyms: bake

   Type of: be

broil as a noun

1. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

   Synonyms: broiling, grilling

   Type of: cooking

broil in a sentence

• I'm going to broil some salmon for dinner tonight.

How to pronounce broil

broil is pronounced /brɔɪl/ in British English and /brɔɪl/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with broil

• soil
• boil
• foil
• spoil
• coil
• toil