Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense barbecues, present participle barbecuing, past tense, past participle barbecuedregional note: in AM, also use barbeque, Bar-B-Q
1. countable noun
A barbecue is a piece of equipment which you use for cooking on in the open air.
2. countable noun
If someone has a barbecue, they cook food on a barbecue in the open air.
3. verb
If you barbecue food, especially meat, you cook it on a barbecue.
Tuna can be grilled, fried or barbecued. [beVERB-ed]
Here's a way of barbecuing corn-on-the-cob that I learned in the States. [VERB noun]
...barbecued chicken. [VERB-ed]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: chargrill, broil [US], cook outdoors, charbroil [US] More Synonyms of barbecue
More Synonyms of barbecue
barbecue in British English
(ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː)
noun
1.
a meal cooked out of doors over an open fire
2.
an outdoor party or picnic at which barbecued food is served
3.
a grill or fireplace used in barbecuing
4.
the food so cooked
verbWord forms: -cues, -cuing or -cued(transitive)
5.
to cook (meat, fish, etc) on a grill, usually over charcoal and often with a highly seasoned sauce
6.
to cook (meat, fish, etc) in a highly seasoned sauce
Word origin
C17: from American Spanish barbacoa, probably from Taino: frame made of sticks
barbecue in American English
(ˈbɑrbəˌkju)
noun
1. Obsolete
a raised framework for smoking, drying, or broiling meat
2.
a hog, steer, etc. broiled or roasted whole over an open fire, sometimes in an open pit
3.
a.
any meat broiled over an open fire
b.
any meat prepared and broiled with a barbecue sauce
4. US
a party or picnic at which such meat is served
5.
a restaurant that specializes in barbecuing
6.
a.
an outdoor structure for cooking or, esp., roasting over an open fire
b.
a portable outdoor grill
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbarbeˌcued or ˈbarbeˌcuing
7.
to prepare (meat) outdoors by roasting on a spit or broiling on a grill, usually over a charcoal fire
8.
to broil or cook (meat) with a highly seasoned sauce (barbecue sauce) containing vinegar, tomatoes, spices, etc.
adjective
9.
of or for a barbecue
10.
prepared by barbecuing
barbecue ribs
Word origin
AmSp barbacoa < Taino, lit., framework of sticks
barbecue in Hospitality
(bɑrbɪkyu)
Word forms: (present) barbecues, (past) barbecued, (perfect) barbecued, (progressive) barbecuing
verb
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, cooking)
If you barbecue food, especially meat, you cook it on a grill, usually over charcoal and with a highlyflavored sauce.
Tuna can be grilled, fried or barbecued.
After we cover the burgers in sauce, we barbecue them on a hot grill for ten minutes.
When barbecuing meat on a grill, make sure you cook it until it is not pink.