Meaning

6 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    грильgrilʹ, барбекю́barbekjú, шашлы́чницаšašlýčnica

  2. (countable, uncountable)A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.

    We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.

    Grillparty

    барбекю́barbekjú, жарко́еžarkóje, грильgrilʹ

    барбекю́barbekjú

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Grill, Barbecue, Grillen

    барбекю́barbekjú, грильgrilʹ, шашлы́чницаšašlýčnica

    барбекю́barbekjú, грильhrylʹ

  4. (countable, dated, uncountable)A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

    a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit

  5. (countable, uncountable)A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A framework of sticks.

Examples

158 sentences

  1. I like to barbecue.

    Мені подобається робити шашлики.

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  2. The men are having a barbecue.

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  3. We're having a barbecue next Saturday.

    ruВ следующую субботу мы устраиваем барбекю.

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  4. Tom likes barbecuing with his family.

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  5. Tom likes barbecuing for his family.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
meal:
cooking instrument:
Русский
By meaning 2
a fireplace for cooking food:
meal:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
meal:
cooking instrument:

Origin

From mid-17th century. Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of

From mid-17th century. Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”. Doublet of balbacua and barbacoa.

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Forms

plural: barbecues

Synonyms

5 synonyms
grill:braaibuccancompare grill
event:cookout
Close in meaning
  • a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors:barbeque
  • a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit:barbeque
  • meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce:barbeque

Word family

13 related words
Relatedbalbacuabarbacoa
Derivedbanana cuebarbecue porkbarbecuerbarbecue saucebarbecue slawbarbecue stopperbarbecueybarbiecamote cueham barbecuenonbarbecue

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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