barbecue
or bar·be·que, bar-b-que
pieces of meat, fowl, fish, or the like, roasted or smoked over fire, especially when basted in a barbecue sauce: The restaurant serves amazing barbecue.
a framework, such as a grill or a spit, for cooking meat or vegetables over an open fire:Make sure you clean off the barbecue so it's ready to use when we go camping.
a meal, usually in the open air and often as a social gathering, at which meats are roasted on a grill or over an open hearth or pit.
any social gathering centered around food, especially meat, that is cooked over fire using a grill, spit, smoker, or the like: Our weekend barbecue was lively until it started to rain.
a dressed steer, lamb, or other animal, roasted whole.
to broil, smoke, or roast (meat, fowl, fish, or the like) whole or in large pieces over an open fire, using a spit, grill, smoker, or the like, often seasoning with vinegar, spices, salt, and pepper: They barbecued a chicken and some steaks for dinner.
to cook (sliced or diced meat, fowl, fish, or the like) in a highly seasoned sauce.
to cook over an open fire using an instrument such as a grill, spit, or smoker, or to host a social gathering where food is cooked in this manner: If the weather's nice, we'll barbecue in the backyard.
Origin of barbecue
1Other words from barbecue
- bar·be·cu·er, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use barbecue in a sentence
Or is it secretly genius, and we were too tired from our Labor Day barbecues to notice?
How Bad Was 'The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story'? | Kevin Fallon | September 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor years the need to push patties took the form of thin-cut ground beef served in fast-food joints and backyard barbecues.
Have We Reached ‘Peak Burger’? The Crazy Fetishization of Our Most Basic Comfort Food | Brandon Presser | July 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChinese yearning to breathe experiment with canned mountain air, makeshift purifiers, and bans on barbecues—to no avail.
Nor is it shocking when bad guys go about their lives, pushing their kids in swings and having barbecues.
Why the ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Premiere Was Gratuitous and Horrifying and Totally Awesome | Paula Szuchman | September 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt barbecues and on hikes, mosquitoes always seem to seek me out.
Mosquitoes Love Some People More and Science Wants to Know Why | Josh Dzieza | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
We passed a coffee-mill with big barbecues, and men spreading out the coffee on them with shovels.
Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 | VariousIn Yemen and in Abyssinia the ripened berries were sun-dried on beaten-earth barbecues.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersI attended barbecues on drab and dusty fair grounds, meeting many of the best known leaders in the field.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin GarlandBoat races, barbecues, "Fish-feasts," and horse races brought friends together at intervals.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers FithianI gathered that lengthy speeches at barbecues were not popular on New Texas.
Lone Star Planet | Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
British Dictionary definitions for barbecue
/ (ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː) /
a meal cooked out of doors over an open fire
an outdoor party or picnic at which barbecued food is served
a grill or fireplace used in barbecuing
the food so cooked
to cook (meat, fish, etc) on a grill, usually over charcoal and often with a highly seasoned sauce
to cook (meat, fish, etc) in a highly seasoned sauce
Origin of barbecue
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse