Broiler

Definitions

1. A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
2. A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.
   Canada, US
3. A chicken raised for meat.
4. Specifically, a young chicken 6 to 10 weeks old, as contrasted with a roaster.
5. One who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels, or broils.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“In the 1960's culling hens and cockerels accounted for the main share⟳ of all live⟳ poultry exports. In more recent years, exports of live⟳ stewers, ducks, and geese have⟳ trended downward while foreign trade⟳ of live⟳ broilers and turkeys has greatly increased.”

“What doth he but turn⟳ broiler, […] make⟳ new libels against the church?”

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