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New2grammar

#545294 Wed, 23 Jul 08 04:53 AM

What do you call those steel covers that fit on the windows in public housing to prevent burglary?
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Yoong Liat

#545296 Wed, 23 Jul 08 04:58 AM

Hi New2grammar

grilles.

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#545297 Wed, 23 Jul 08 05:01 AM

Is that British? It sounds like the thing where you put hamburgers on. (:() Sad

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#545304 Wed, 23 Jul 08 05:13 AM

New2grammar
Is that British? It sounds like the thing where you put hamburgers on.

It should be the same in AmE. The thing for cooking hamburgers is grill.

To be explicit, I suppose you can call it 'windlow grille'.