Definitions for barbecue

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barbecue bar·be·cue

Spelling: [bahr-bi-kyoo]

IPA: /ˈbɑr bɪˌkyu/

Barbecue is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in barbecue (abbceeru).

Definitions for barbecue

noun

1. pieces of beef, fowl, fish, or the like, roasted over an open hearth, especially when basted in a barbecue sauce.
2. a framework, as a grill or a spit, or a fireplace for cooking meat or vegetables over an open fire.
3. a dressed steer, lamb, or other animal, roasted whole.
4. a meal, usually in the open air and often as a political or social gathering, at which meats are roasted over an open hearth or pit.

verb (used with object)

1. to broil or roast whole or in large pieces over an open fire, on a spit or grill, often seasoning with vinegar, spices, salt, and pepper.
2. to cook (sliced or diced meat or fish) in a highly seasoned sauce.

verb (used without object)

1. to cook by barbecuing or to entertain at a barbecue:

Origin of barbecue

1655-65; Spanish barbacoa Arawak (perhaps Taino) barbacoa a raised frame of sticks

Examples for barbecue

I think it was the fellow that shot so well with the rifle at the barbecue––what was his name?

You know the Korean-style barbecue that you wrap in lettuce leaves to eat?

This barbecue feast was to be eaten after the marriage ceremony was performed.

If you need another reason to dine, the barbecue is tasty and the fixins are plentiful.

So, the Southside Smokehouse is more than a barbecue pit, a burger shack, or a Cajun kitchen.

He had instructed his black people to have a barbecue at their quarters.

He was at that moment walking past the barbecue pit with George McCloud.

The father of the young lady you were so attentive to at the barbecue.

He went on to open a dry cleaning business, barbecue restaurant, and liquor store.

We remember that time a flight attendant told us at a barbecue that if the bell tones four times, things are serious.