grilles

noun

variants also grills
plural of grille
as in screens

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Recent Examples of grilles While charcoal grills are the affordable gold standard for many home cooks, gas grills can do nearly everything a charcoal grill can (just with slightly less smoky flavor). — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026 For gas grills, use indirect heat by leaving one burner off or lowering one side of the grill. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 This includes the kitchen fryer hood with five gas fryers, three griddle hoods with two grills per hood and one meat grill. — Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
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  1. screens
  2. lattices
Noun
  • Strong demand also encourages theaters to invest in more premium screens.
    — David Deal, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Laying out a list of her concerns about the use of social media by kids, Von der Leyen said that children under 3 should have no exposure to screens at all.
    — Samuel Petrequin, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of screens
Noun
  • The simulations relied on lattices with millions of grid points.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
  • It’s all served in an industrial space of concrete, steel, and glass near the Opera House, warmed in tone by walnut wood lattices and jade green banquettes.
    — Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
Definition of lattices

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