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Definition barbecue

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Ta�no 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�.

Noun

barbecue (countable and uncountable, plural barbecues)

1. A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
2. A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.
3. 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.
4. (dated) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
5. A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
6. (obsolete) A framework of sticks.

Verb

barbecue (third-person singular simple present barbecues, present participle barbecuing, simple past and past participle barbecued)

1. To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
2. To grill.

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