barbecue
or bar·be·que, bar-b-que
pieces of meat, fowl, fish, or the like, roasted or smoked over fire, especially when basted in a barbecue sauce: The restaurant serves amazing barbecue.
a framework, such as a grill or a spit, for cooking meat or vegetables over an open fire:Make sure you clean off the barbecue so it's ready to use when we go camping.
a meal, usually in the open air and often as a social gathering, at which meats are roasted on a grill or over an open hearth or pit.
any social gathering centered around food, especially meat, that is cooked over fire using a grill, spit, smoker, or the like: Our weekend barbecue was lively until it started to rain.
a dressed steer, lamb, or other animal, roasted whole.
to broil, smoke, or roast (meat, fowl, fish, or the like) whole or in large pieces over an open fire, using a spit, grill, smoker, or the like, often seasoning with vinegar, spices, salt, and pepper: They barbecued a chicken and some steaks for dinner.
to cook (sliced or diced meat, fowl, fish, or the like) in a highly seasoned sauce.
to cook over an open fire using an instrument such as a grill, spit, or smoker, or to host a social gathering where food is cooked in this manner: If the weather's nice, we'll barbecue in the backyard.
Origin of barbecue
1Other words from barbecue
- bar·be·cu·er, noun
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How to use barbecue in a sentence
The plantation barbecuer was a person of consequence—moreover, few plantations could show a master of the art.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South | Martha McCulloch Williams
British Dictionary definitions for barbecue
/ (ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː) /
a meal cooked out of doors over an open fire
an outdoor party or picnic at which barbecued food is served
a grill or fireplace used in barbecuing
the food so cooked
to cook (meat, fish, etc) on a grill, usually over charcoal and often with a highly seasoned sauce
to cook (meat, fish, etc) in a highly seasoned sauce
Origin of barbecue
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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