broiler

A noun referring to an appliance or part of a stove used for cooking food with intense direct heat, or to a young chicken suitable for this cooking method.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das entweder ein Grillgerät oder den oberen Heizstab eines Backofens bezeichnet, mit dem Speisen durch intensive direkte Strahlungshitze gegart werden, oder ein junges, zum Grillen geeignetes Masthähnchen.

1. Cooking appliance B1 formal american culinary

   A compartment or part of a stove designed for cooking food with intense, direct heat from above.

   • Place the steak under the broiler for five minutes.
   • The broiler in my oven works perfectly for melting cheese.
   • She used the broiler to toast the bread quickly.

   🇩🇪Grill

   Synonyme: grillsalamander

2. Young chicken B2 formal american culinary

   A small, young chicken, typically weighing less than 2.5 pounds, suitable for cooking by broiling.

   • We bought a broiler for tonight's dinner.
   • The recipe calls for a whole broiler chicken.
   • Broilers are tender and cook quickly.

   🇩🇪Junges Hähnchen

   Synonyme: poussin

• broilers plural form
• broilers' possessive plural form
• broiler's possessive singular form