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
  • Staying indoors, behind screens or in rooms with air conditioning will also lessen the chances for a bite.
    — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In all, 129 features, documentaries and shorts will hit screens inside the Sie FilmCenter, Ellie Caulkins Opera House, MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater, and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of screens
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  • In one- and two-dimensional square lattices, mathematicians have long known that this transition is continuous.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Now, previous metal-polymer lattices generally fill the spaces between the beams with polymers such as epoxy, PEEK, or silicone.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of lattices

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“Grilles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grilles. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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