broil

broil is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
2. transitive verb. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
3. transitive verb. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
4. intransitive verb. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
5. noun. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

   Synonyms: broiling, grilling

6. verb. cook under a broiler

   "broil fish"

7. verb. heat by a natural force

   "The sun broils the valley in the summer"

   Synonyms: bake

8. verb. be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun

   "The town was broiling in the sun"

   "the tourists were baking in the heat"

   Synonyms: bake

Synonyms

broiling, grilling, bake

Common word forms

broils, broiled, broiler, broiling

Words from these letters

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