especially: a chicken that is younger and smaller than a roaster
Examples of broiler in a Sentence
Put the steaks under the broiler.
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This can be done directly on a gas burner, under a broiler or on a grill.—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2025 The tenderloin gets one final blast at high heat in the oven or broiler or seared in a skillet.—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024 This week, the USDA announced finding a new type of bird flu in a broiler chicken breeder flock: a highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N9.—Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025 For meat chicken, known as broilers, the virus isn’t as significant because those birds are slaughtered at 6 to 8 weeks old and thus have less chance of being infected compared with egg-laying hens, which live to 2 years or older.—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for broiler
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