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Gridiron vs Broiler - What's the difference?

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Gridiron is a related term of broiler.


As nouns the difference between gridiron and broiler

is that gridiron is an instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire while broiler is broiler (chicken).

gridiron

English

(wikipedia gridiron)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
  • *, II.32:
    • I know, there have been found seely boores, who have rather endure to have their feet broiled upon a Greedyron , their fingers ends crusht and wrung with the lock of a Pistoll, their eyes all bloody to be thrust out of their heads with wringing and wresting of a cord about their foreheads, before they would so much as be ransomed.
  • An iron rack or grate used for broiling flesh and fish over coals.
  • Any object resembling the rack or grate.
  • (nautical) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
  • (American football) The field on which American football is played.
  • (uncountable) American football.
  • * 1995 October 3, Peter O?Shea, Sports: Out on the field'', ''(The Advocate) , page 54,
    • He represented Australia in this year?s rugby tour of England and is as well-known in Australia as any top gridiron player is in the United States.
  • * 2001 , (Langston Hughes), Dolan Hubbard, Jackie Robinson: First Negro in Big League Baseball: 1919—'', ''The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 12: Works for Children and Young Adults , page 106,
    • So Jackie?s name became known far and wide as an exceptional gridiron player.
  • * 2009 , Deborah Healey, Sport and the Law , reference note, , page 271,
    • 119 Yasser (1985) cites the famous US example of gridiron player Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears.
  • (Australia, and, New Zealand) A generic term for American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.

    • Synonyms

    * football field

    Related terms

    * grid * gridiron pendulum * gridiron valve

    See also

    * ("gridiron" on Wikipedia) * (commonslite)

    broiler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who broils, or cooks by broiling.
  • (cookware) A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; a grill.
  • A chicken suitable for broiling.
  • (archaic) One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.
  • * Hammond
    • What doth he but turn broiler , make new libels against the church?

    Derived terms

    * broilerhouse