BROILER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does broiler mean? 

• BROILER (noun)
  The noun BROILER has 2 senses:

1. an oven or part of a stove used for broiling

2. flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling

  Familiarity information: BROILER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROILER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oven or part of a stove used for broiling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("broiler" is a kind of...):

oven (kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting)

Derivation:

broil (cook under a broiler)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("broiler" is a kind of...):

chicken; poulet; volaille (the flesh of a chicken used for food)

Derivation:

broil (cook under a broiler)

 Context examples 

Derived from a cross between a white cornish male and a barred rock female in the 1930s, modern broilers are an F2 hybrid of broiler breeds characterized by high fecundity and fast growth.

(Broiler Chicken, NCI Thesaurus)

And it is as well that we can compose our differences honorably, for Sir Nigel had been out at the first clash of steel; and he hath sworn that if there be quarrelling in the garrison he would smite the right hand from the broilers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Derived from a cross between a white cornish male and a barred rock female in the 1930s, modern broiler chickens are an F2 hybrid of broiler breeds characterized by high fecundity and fast growth.

(Broiler Chicken, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Broiler chickens are raised commercially for their meat and will grow to be 3-6 pounds by 8 weeks of age but tend to be afflicted by health problems related to this fast growth, including skeletal weakness, congestive heart failure, and a decrease in fertility.

(Broiler Chicken, NCI Thesaurus)