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 barbecue barbecue /ˈbɑːrbɪˌkjuː/

noun

  1. A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors  ( barbecue , barbeque , braaistand [South Africa] )
    a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
     We're going to have a barbecue for dinner tonight at the campsite
    We're going to have a barbecue for dinner tonight at the campsite
  2. A cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit  ( barbecue , barbeque )
    a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
  3. Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce  ( barbecue , barbeque )
    meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

verb

  1. () (cooking) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill  ( barbeque , cook out [ N. American] , barbecue )
    (cooking) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill
     Let's barbecue that meat
    let's barbecue that meat
     We cooked out in the forest
    We cooked out in the forest