What is the difference between grill and restaurant?
grill | restaurant |
(transitive, Scotland, US) To make angry; provoke.
(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To terrify; make tremble.
(intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To tremble; shiver.
(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To snarl; snap.
harsh, rough, severe; cruel
harm
A rack; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
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On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
A device comprising a source of radiant heat and a means of holding food near it, to cook it; a barbecue; a griddle.
(lb) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
The front teeth regarded collectively.
Food cooked on a grill.
Humorous misspelling of
To cook food on a grill; to barbecue.
(Australian, NZ, UK) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
(colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
An eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables.
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As nouns the difference between grill and restaurant
is that grill is harm while restaurant is an eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables.As a verb grill
is to make angry; provoke.As an adjective grill
is harsh, rough, severe; cruel.grill
English
(wikipedia grill)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)Etymology 2
From (etyl) gril, .Adjective
(en-adj)Noun
(en-noun)Etymology 3
1655, from (etyl) gril, from (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).Alternative forms
(wikipedia) * grilleNoun
(en noun)- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
Derived terms
* mixed grill * grillingVerb
(en verb)- Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
- The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
Synonyms
* See alsorestaurant
English
Noun
(en noun)George Goodchild
