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broiler

[broi-ler] / ˈbrɔɪ lər /


NOUN
griddle
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After about 5 minutes in the oven and a few more under the broiler, I pulled the pizza out hot, with nice brown spots on the crust and cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

It holds heat, keeps its nerve, and moves easily from stovetop to oven to broiler and back again without asking you to switch vessels or overthink it.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026

If your hatred for the show burns hotter than your oven’s broiler, there’s a brisk business in finding creative new ways to heap verbal compost on the titular host and all her endeavors.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025

If a low-pathogenic virus “happens to get into a broiler meat flock, the birds don’t get sick and they go onto slaughter,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

When she had finished, she turned on the broiler.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Should the trials be successful, the next stage is identifying manufacturers, with many more steps before laying hens, domesticated turkeys and broilers are vaccinated.

From Washington Post ● May 2, 2023

At their highest setting, broilers can deliver something like the intense, dry, radiant heat of a grill, so they’re a good way to get some char on your food.

From Slate ● May 22, 2020

U.S. broilers averaged 98 cents a pound in 2018 and 88 cents in 2019, Maples said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2019

Today, he brought eggs and a few butchered broilers but mostly he’s there to socialize.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2019

This is the chief reason broilers don’t get put in cages.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan


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