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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um aparelho ou parte do fogão usado para cozinhar com calor direto intenso, ou um frango jovem próprio para esse tipo de preparo.

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.

   🇵🇹Grelhador

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Frango jovem

   Sinônimos: poussin

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