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broiler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun broiler has 2 senses
- broiler(n = noun.artifact) Array - an oven or part of a stove used for broiling; Array is a kind of oven
- broiler(n = noun.food) Array - flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling; Array is a kind of chicken, poulet, volaille
Derived form verb broil1
Derived form verb broil1
CIDE DICTIONARY
broiler, n.
One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels. [1913 Webster]
"What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels against the church?"
[1913 Webster]
broiler, n.
- One who broils, or cooks by broiling. [1913 Webster]
- A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling, or the compartment in a stove where such a utensil is located. [1913 Webster]
- A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
broiler, n.
1 a young chicken raised for broiling or roasting.
2 a gridiron etc. for broiling.
3 colloq. a very hot day.
1 a young chicken raised for broiling or roasting.
2 a gridiron etc. for broiling.
3 colloq. a very hot day.
Idiom
broiler house a building for rearing broiler chickens in close confinement.
THESAURUS
broiler
Bantam, Cornish hen, Dutch oven, alcohol stove, baker, banty, barbecue, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, boiler, brooder, broody hen, caille, camp stove, canard, caneton, capon, chafer, chafing dish, chanticleer, chapon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, cock, cockerel, cook stove, dindon, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, faisan, fowl, fryer, game fowl, gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, grill, griller, grouse, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, hot day, infrared cooker, oie, pans, partlet, partridge, percolator, pheasant, pigeon, pigeonneau, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry, pullet, quail, roaster, rooster, samovar, scorcher, setting hen, sizzler, spring chicken, squab, stewing chicken, stove, summer day, toaster, tom, tom turkey, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, volaille, wild duck
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