Definitions
cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
Word origin
From Middle English broilen (“to quarrel, present in disorder”), from Anglo-Norman broiller (“to mix up”), from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre (“to jumble together”) from *brodum (“broth, stew”), from Frankish *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”).
Used in a sentence
“come to broils”
“So, I am safe emerged from these broils! / Amid the wreck of thousands I am whole […]”
“Since the provinces declared their independence, broils and squabblings of one sort and another have greatly retarded the advancement which they might otherwise have made.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cook under direct heat”5 letters
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