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# grille

noun (a grille, grilles)

«grille» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A grid or screen of metal bars or wires across a window, door, opening or vent, to protect it or let air through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grille/#m1)
2. The metal grid at the front of a car that lets air reach the engine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grille/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life you see grilles on shop windows, drains, air vents, speakers and the fronts of cars; in old buildings a small grille in a door lets people look or talk through. Safety: never poke fingers or sticks through a grille.

### Examples

- The bank window had a strong metal grille. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grille/#x1)
- Air comes out of the grille in the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grille/#x2)
- The car's shiny grille had a badge in the middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grille/#x3)
- The nun spoke to visitors through a grille. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grille/#x4)
- Leaves blocked the drain grille. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grille/#x5)
- The speaker's grille protects the parts inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grille/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Homophone: «grill» (to cook under heat; the part of an oven). Grille with an -e is the screen of bars.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grille» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grille/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grille» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grille.html) on Mova free.