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grill

grill, gridiron

noun GREEL Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Also means

grill restaurant

Usage Note

Grill is an anglicism used in French for both the cooking implement and for a restaurant specialising in grilled meats. The more traditional French word for the grill implement is un gril (without the double-l). In practice grill with two l's often refers to a steakhouse or grill bar, while gril appears in cooking instructions.

Examples

"Il a cuit le steak sur le grill."

Natural Translation

He cooked the steak on the grill.

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