A chicken raised for meat.
Used in a Sentence
broiler
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for broiler.
Editorial note
My Minimum Viable Kitchen would forget about half that stuff and add a Rice Cooker and broiler pan.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A chicken raised for meat.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of broiler gathered in one view.
Specifically, a young chicken 6 to 10 weeks old, as contrasted with a roaster.
A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for broiler.
noun
A chicken raised for meat.
noun
Specifically, a young chicken 6 to 10 weeks old, as contrasted with a roaster.
noun
A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
noun
(cooking, Canada, US) A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.
Example sentences
My Minimum Viable Kitchen would forget about half that stuff and add a Rice Cooker and broiler pan.
Looking at total caloric energy input against output isn't any better (worse for the broiler, better for the eggs).
If someone really doesn't like the idea of broiler farm chickens, they can pay a little extra for free range chickens.
Factory-farmed supermarket broiler breeds are optimized for producing as much bland, white meat as possible in as short time as possible.
I can see the broiler glowing, so at least a decent chunk is close to visible light.
Oily fish like salmon or steelhead trout can be cooked easily with just a few minutes under the broiler, and while the oven is hot you can bake some root veggies or green beans.
The thing that jumps out at me from the article is the sheer size of 'the broiler farm that 160.000 chickens call home.' If anything this article makes me feel ashamed for being Dutch.
You also can toast just about anything in it under the broiler.
In fancy steak houses, they have a broiler with specific heat settings for each steak row and standardized steak thickness (always done at 20min mark).
But broiler barns and cows in fields isn't a fair comparison.
I have to do this to one of mine every time we use our broiler.
I like going from stove top, to oven, to broiler, to grill, to wood fire without damaging the pan.
Quote examples
The most "successful" bird by a very wide margin is the broiler chicken.
Went to many a lunch at Pizza Hut, Pepe’s, and Burger King (“run it through the broiler twice”), usually riding shotgun in the Pontiac Transport.
Proper noun examples
Broiler chickens, for example, have increased in size more than four times since 1957.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use broiler in a sentence?
My Minimum Viable Kitchen would forget about half that stuff and add a Rice Cooker and broiler pan.
What does broiler mean?
A chicken raised for meat.
What part of speech is broiler?
broiler is commonly used as noun.