broiler

broiler

See also: Broiler

English

Etymology

From broil +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔɪlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔɪlɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

broiler (plural broilers)

1. A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
2. (cooking, Canada, US) A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in UK English.
3. 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.

4. Specifically, a young chicken 6 to 10 weeks old, as contrasted with a roaster.
5. (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

• broiler chicken
• broiler house
• broilerhouse
• conveyor-broiler

 

Descendants

• → Finnish: broileri
• → Italian: broiler
• → Latgalian: broilers
• → Spanish: broiler
• → Swedish: broiler

Translations

one who broils, or cooks by broiling

Finnish: grillaaja

device used to broil food

Dutch: grill (nl) m Finnish: grilli (fi) German: Bratrost m Norwegian: Bokmål: grill (no) m

chicken suitable for broiling

Bulgarian: бройлер m (brojler) Dutch: vleeskuiken (nl) n Finnish: broileri (fi) German: Brathähnchen (de) n Indonesian: ayam broiler Italian: broiler m Norwegian: Bokmål: broiler m Spanish: broiler m Swedish: broiler (sv) c, gödkyckling c

one who excites broil

Bulgarian: кавгаджия (bg) m (kavgadžija) Finnish: riitapukari German: Krachmacher (de) m, Krachmacherin (de) f

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