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grill

grill

64 1.6
A restaurant that serves meat and fish cooked on a grill
  • noun
  • /ɡrɪl/
translation icon : parrilla
  • We dressed up for dinner at the Maplewood Grill: skirts, purses, and high-heeled shoes.
  • bar and grill
  • a grill restaurant
  • grill chef

You could go to the the grill, you could try some ceviche.

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Examples

  • Thank you for joining our family at Shenaniganz bar and grill.

  • The favorite spot for locals is a cozy grill known for its fresh seafood dishes.

  • Let me take you to The Grill.

  • Can you meet me at The Grill at 8:00?

  • The Five Tone Bar and Grill.

  • We can stop at the Camellia Grill before we cross the bridge.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Robin is at the grill with hamburgers as Alyssa prepares the table for dinner.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • We came to Mateo's Mexican Grill for the final inhaling of tacos.

  • Let's meet for dinner at the new grill down the street that serves the best steak.

  • After a long day, we decided to relax at the grill where they offer great burgers and fries.

Synonyms

restaurant
vsgrill
1.0

A place where people pay to eat meals prepared for them

is a particular kind of that place focusing on meat and fish cooked direct
steakhouse
vsgrill
27 2.4

A restaurant that mainly serves steaks and other meat dishes

focuses more on mixed meat and fish over direct heat, not only steaks
eatery
vsgrill
21 3.1

A place like a restaurant or café where people eat

is a specific kind of place that cooks meat and fish over direct heat
rotisserie
vsgrill
8 5.8

A restaurant that sells roasted meat cooked on a spit

uses direct grate or flame cooking rather than slow spit roasting
greasy spoon
vsgrill
  • Informal
6 5.1

A small cheap restaurant that serves simple fried or grilled food

is less formal and cheaper than the restaurant type in the key
chophouse
vsgrill
1 7.4

A restaurant that serves steaks and grilled meat

is broader for meat and fish cooked over direct heat not only steaks
cookshop
vsgrill
  • Archaic
1 8.3

A small shop that sells hot meals to people

is the modern restaurant form focused on sit down meals and direct heat cooking
eating house
vsgrill
  • Archaic
1 1.6

A place where people buy and eat meals, like a restaurant or café

is more specific about cooking method and menu focus than that term
grillroom
vsgrill
5.3

A restaurant room where cooks prepare meat over an open flame and serve it

is the broader restaurant term rather than a specific room or area
cookshack
vsgrill
  • Informal
6.9

A small roadside stall that sells grilled and smoked food

is more like a standard restaurant than a small informal stall
fish house
vsgrill
  • US
2.4

A restaurant that serves mostly cooked fish and seafood

is broader because it serves both meat and fish cooked over direct heat

How Formal

fine dining
14 3.9
steakhouse
27 2.4
grill
64 1.6
coffee stall
  • Indian
1.7

Surface Forms

grill singular
grills plural

Etymology

Grill for a restaurant comes from the cooking tool grill, because places that cook meat and fish on a grill began to be called 'the grill'. So when you go to a grill, you expect food cooked over open heat.