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Definitions for: Barbecue
[n] a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
[n] a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
[n] meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
[v] cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest"
Webster (1913) Definition: Bar"be*cue (b[aum]"b[-e]*k[=u]), n. [In the language
of Indians of Guiana, a frame on which all kinds of flesh and
fish are roasted or smoke-dried.]
1. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole
for a feast.
2. A social entertainment, where many people assemble,
usually in the open air, at which one or more large
animals are roasted or broiled whole.
3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
Bar"be*cue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbecued; p. pr. &
vb. n. Barbecuing.]
1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.
They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game
and fish in the smoke. --Stedman.
2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.
Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. --Pope.
Synonyms: barbeque, barbeque, cook out
See Also: cookout, dish, grill, rack
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