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