barbeque
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bar•be•cue
or bar•be•que
(ˈbɑr bɪˌkyu)n., v. -cued or -qued, -cu•ing or -qu•ing. n.
1. pieces of meat, poultry, or fish roasted over an open hearth, esp. when basted with a barbecue sauce.
2. a grill, spit, or fireplace for cooking food over an open fire.
3. a meal, usu. outdoors, at which foods are so cooked.
4. a dressed steer, lamb, or other animal, roasted whole.
v.t. 5. to broil or roast over an open fire.
6. to cook (meat, poultry, or fish) in a barbecue sauce.
v.i. 7. to have a barbecue.
[1655–65; < Sp barbacoa < Taino barbacoa a raised frame of sticks]
bar′be•cu`er, n.
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| Noun | 1. | barbeque - meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned saucedish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" |
| 2. | barbeque - a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spitcookout - an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors | |
| 3. | barbeque - a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doorsrack - framework for holding objects | |
| Verb | 1. | barbeque - cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" grill - cook over a grill; "grill the sausages" |
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barbeque - 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 - cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest"