grilled

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪld/

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• Rhymes: -ɪld

From grill + -ed.

grilled

1. simple past and past participle of grill

   The meat was grilled as this was considered the healthier option.

   She grilled him over his whereabouts the previous night.

grilled (comparative more grilled, superlative most grilled)

1. Cooked on a grill.
2. As if cooked on a grill.

   After a day in the sun, he was more grilled than his hamburger.

From grille + -ed.

grilled (not comparable)

1. Fitted with a grille.
   • 1983, René A Bravmann, African Islam:

     High up, at second-storey level, are small openings cut into the wall and filled with shuttered, grilled windows […]

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