Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
- 2transitive verb
To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
- 3transitive verb
To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
- 4intransitive 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.
- 5noun
cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
- 6verb
cook under a broiler
"broil fish"
- 7verb
heat by a natural force
"The sun broils the valley in the summer"
Synonyms
- 8verb
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"
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