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barbecue

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[bahr-bi-kyoo]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. a dressed steer, lamb, or other animal, roasted whole.



verb (used with object)

barbecued, barbecuing 
  1. 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.

  2. to cook (sliced or diced meat, fowl, fish, or the like) in a highly seasoned sauce.

verb (used without object)

barbecued, barbecuing 
  1. 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.

barbecue

/ ˈɑːɪˌː /

noun

  1. a meal cooked out of doors over an open fire

  2. an outdoor party or picnic at which barbecued food is served

  3. a grill or fireplace used in barbecuing

  4. the food so cooked

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to cook (meat, fish, etc) on a grill, usually over charcoal and often with a highly seasoned sauce

  2. to cook (meat, fish, etc) in a highly seasoned sauce

“Collins 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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • barbecuer noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of barbecue1

First recorded in 1655–65; from Spanish barbacoa, from Arawak (perhaps Taíno ) barbacoa “a raised frame of sticks”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of barbecue1

C17: from American Spanish barbacoa , probably from Taino: frame made of sticks
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Since 1959, they’ve come for Chinese American classics such as sweet and sour chicken, barbecued pork chow mein, egg rolls, chop suey and shrimp fried rice.

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They have also camped in the area and had barbecues.

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To toughen up young fighters, he said, cartel leaders forced them to eat barbecued human flesh.

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As Deathracer413 celebrates its 200th skating session, the vibe is affectionate and rambunctious, jovial retiree backyard barbecue meets heavily tattooed skater meetup.

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But now, as we drift into summer cookout season, maybe there’s something to Tucci’s suggestion: Rethink the barbecue.

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