grill ~ grille:
[‘grille’ rhymes with ‘grill’]
a man grilling meat with a grill
meat grilling on an open grill
“Grill” (for the right pronunciation of grill, please click here), as a noun, is ‘a cooking device on a cooker or on an open fire that sends heat downward, and the food item cooked under or over direct heat, i.e. not boiled’; as a verb, it is, ‘to cook something under or over direct heat or fire; to question somebody seriously, intensively for a long time’,
e.g.
Would you like some fish? I’ll grill it for you. [used as a verb]
a grill-room where only grilled food is served
The police grilled the suspect, but were unable to get the truth out of him. [i.e. questioned him seriously and for a long time…]
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a grille on a window
a grille/grill on a car
“Grille” (also grill — for the right pronunciation of grille, please click here), is ‘a frame work of metal bars used as a screen between the public and postal or bank clerks dealing with money (glass partitions are more common these days); a frame work of metal bars put on windows and doors for protection; an ornamental metal frame fixed in the front of a motor vehicle’,
a ticket/cash counter behind a grille
e.g.
I filled in the money-order form and handed it over to the cashier through the grille.
It isn’t safe any more; the burglars have found ways to break open windows with grille on them!
