broil
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
Types & categories
- cooking hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cook under a broiler
broil fish
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
heat by a natural force
The sun broils the valley in the summer
Types & categories
- heat hypernym
Sense 4 verb
be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
The town was broiling in the sun
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grill |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | broil |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cooking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | broil |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | broiler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | broiler |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grill |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pan-broil |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | heat |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |