Broiler

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Broiler \Broil"er\, n.
     One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy
     quarrels.
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           What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels


           against the church?                      --Hammond.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Broiler \Broil"er\, n.
     1. One who broils, or cooks by broiling.
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     2. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling, or the
        compartment in a stove where such a utensil is located.
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     3. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  broiler
       n 1: an oven or part of a stove used for broiling
       2: flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 l/2 lb suitable
          for broiling

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "broiler":
     Bantam, Cornish hen, Dutch oven, alcohol stove, baker, banty,
     barbecue, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, boiler, brooder,
     broody hen, caille, camp stove, canard, caneton, capon, chafer,
     chafing dish, chanticleer, chapon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken,
     chicky, cock, cockerel, cook stove, dindon, domestic fowl, drake,
     duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, faisan, fowl, fryer, game fowl,
     gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, grill, griller, grouse,
     guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, hot day,
     infrared cooker, oie, pans, partlet, partridge, percolator,
     pheasant, pigeon, pigeonneau, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry,
     pullet, quail, roaster, rooster, samovar, scorcher, setting hen,
     sizzler, spring chicken, squab, stewing chicken, stove, summer day,
     toaster, tom, tom turkey, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock,
     volaille, wild duck