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Broiling

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v. Present participle of broil.

n. An instance of something being broiled.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Excessively hot.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Excessively hot and humid; torrid: as, a broiling day.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

Word Usage

"The first thing Berner did was to take the girl with him to the woods; Sunday after Sunday they went to Nordmarken, in broiling sunshine or pouring rain, in the thaws of spring, and in winter on ski."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

preparation cookery cooking

Verb Stem

broil

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

boiling foiling oiling roiling spoiling toiling