que

/kjuː/

IPA: /K Y UW1/

noun

1
A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
“We cooked our food on the barbecue.”
2
A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.
“We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.”
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.
“She ordered a plate of barbecue with a side of slaw.”
4
A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
5
A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
6
A framework of sticks.

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