barbecue

/หˆbษ‘ษนbษชหŒkju/

IPA: /B AA1 R B IH0 K Y UW0/

noun
  1. 1

    A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

    โ€œWe cooked our food on the barbecue.โ€

  2. 2

    A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.

    โ€œWe're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.โ€

  3. 3

    Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded.

    โ€œShe ordered a plate of barbecue with a side of slaw.โ€

  4. 4

    A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

  5. 5

    A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

  6. 6

    A framework of sticks.

verb
  1. 1

    To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.

  2. 2

    To grill.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barbecue