barbecue
A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally…A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
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» The men are having a barbecue.
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139 sentencesMeaning
6 senses(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
(countable, uncountable)A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
(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
More meanings 3
(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
(countable, dated, uncountable)A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A framework of sticks.
- meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
- a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
- a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
Origin
From mid-17th century. Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework ofFrom 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: barbecuesSynonyms
5 synonyms- meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce:barbeque
- a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit:barbeque
- a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors:barbeque
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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