Meanings
plural broilers
- A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
- A chicken raised for meat.
In the 1960's culling hens and cockerels accounted for the main share of all live poultry exports. In more recent years, exports of live stewers, ducks, and geese have trended downward while foreign trade of live broilers and turkeys has greatly increased.
1972, Cline Jefferson Warren, The Netherlands Poultry Meat Industry, page 4 - archaicOne who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels, or broils.
What doth he but turn broiler, […] make new libels against the church?
1649, Henry Hammond, The Pastor's Motto
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From broil + -er (agent noun suffix) or, for the chickens, + -er (patient suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бройлер, кавгаджия
- бройлер (brojler)chicken suitable for broiling
- кавгаджия (kavgadžija)one who excites broil
Dutch grill, vleeskuiken
- grilldevice used to broil food
- vleeskuikenchicken suitable for broiling
Finnish grillaaja, grilli
- grillaajaone who broils, or cooks by broiling
- grillidevice used to broil food
- broilerichicken suitable for broiling
- riitapukarione who excites broil
German Bratrost, Brathähnchen
- Bratrostdevice used to broil food
- Brathähnchenchicken suitable for broiling
- Krachmacherone who excites broil
- Krachmacherinone who excites broil
Indonesian ayam broiler
- ayam broilerchicken suitable for broiling
Italian broiler
- broilerchicken suitable for broiling
Norwegian Bokmål grill, broiler
- grilldevice used to broil food
- broilerchicken suitable for broiling
Persian بریانکن, مرغ گوشتی
- بریانکن (beryân-kon)device used to broil food
- مرغ گوشتی (morġ-e gušti)chicken suitable for broiling
Polish opiekacz, grill
- opiekaczdevice used to broil food
- grilldevice used to broil food
- brojlerchicken suitable for broiling
Spanish broiler
- broilerchicken suitable for broiling
Swedish broiler, gödkyckling
- broilerchicken suitable for broiling
- gödkycklingchicken suitable for broiling
Ukrainian бро́йлер
- бро́йлер (brójler)chicken suitable for broiling
Yiddish בראָטער, בראָטאויוון
- בראָטער (broter)device used to broil food
- בראָטאויוון (brotoyvn)device used to broil food
- בראָטהון (brothun)chicken suitable for broiling
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with broiler
All rhymes →Cite this entry
broiler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broiler
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