[brɔɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cook (meat or fish) by exposure to direct heat
(e.g: he lightly broiled a wedge of sea bass)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘burn, char’): from Old French bruler ‘to burn’, of unknown origin

[brɔɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a quarrel or commotion
(e.g: the dark interior was a broil of fighting men)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century: from obsolete broil ‘to muddle’. Compare with embroil