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grilled

grilled

116 1.0
Cooked over hot metal bars above a fire, like steak or vegetables
  • adjective
  • /ɡrɪld/
: a la parrilla
  • Can I start off with the char grilled black Angus burger?
  • grilled chicken
  • grilled food

Next thing we have grilled butter fish.

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Examples

  • Your grilled cheese is ready.

    The Bronze (2016)

  • So on the healthy side of the spectrum, I got a grilled chicken sandwich and apple fries.

  • Next thing we have grilled butter fish.

    Bretman Rock

  • I like a lot of grilled fish, grilled chicken, fried chicken.

    Harper's BAZAAR

  • This is their grilled pizza recipe.

    KenDBerryMD

  • I got the grilled sandwich and French fries.

  • The chef is preparing grilled ham and Swiss cheese on sourdough.

  • I got mashed potatoes, peas, a grilled lamb chop.

  • The chef is preparing grilled ham and Swiss cheese on sourdough.

  • I got the grilled sandwich and French fries.

Synonyms

cooked
vsgrilled
131 1.0

Food that is heated until ready to eat

is done specifically over direct open heat rather than any method
seared
vsgrilled
17 4.2

Cooked quickly at very high heat to make a brown crust, like on steak

is prepared fully by steady direct heat not only surface browning
barbecued
vsgrilled
15 1.4

Cooked outdoors on a grill with a smoky flavor

is made quickly over direct open heat without smoky flavor
broiled
vsgrilled
  • US
6 3.0

Cooked with heat from above, for example under a grill

is done over direct open heat from below rather than from above

Idioms

grilled to perfection
1 3.2

Cooked over high heat until it has the right taste and texture

Compounds

grilled cheese
  • US
44 1.0

A hot sandwich with melted cheese between toasted bread

grilled mackerel snapper
5.1

A mackerel snapper fish cooked on a grill and served as a meal

grilled wiener
  • US
2.3

A sausage cooked on a grill and put in a bun like a hot dog

How Grilled

burned
14 1.0
seared
17 4.2
grilled
116 1.0
raw
455 1.0

Surface Forms

grilled positive

Morphology

grilled = grill (transparent) = grill + ed

Regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'grill' meaning 'cooked on a grill', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Grilled comes from the name of the metal frame used for cooking, the grill, which was a metal 'grid' put over a fire. So food that is 'grilled' is cooked directly on that hot metal and often gets dark marks from the heat.