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bar·be·cue
(bär′bĭ-kyo͞o′)n.
1. A grill, pit, or outdoor fireplace for roasting meat.
2.
a. A whole animal carcass or section thereof roasted or broiled over an open fire or on a spit.
b. A social gathering, usually held outdoors, at which food is cooked over an open flame.
3. Meat or seafood cooked in or served with barbecue sauce.
tr.v. bar·be·cued, bar·be·cu·ing, bar·be·cues
To roast, broil, or grill (meat or seafood) over live coals or an open fire, often basting with a seasoned sauce.
[American Spanish barbacoa, of Taíno origin.]
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barbecue
(ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː)n
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
vb (tr) , -cues, -cuing or -cued
5. (Cookery) to cook (meat, fish, etc) on a grill, usually over charcoal and often with a highly seasoned sauce
6. (Cookery) to cook (meat, fish, etc) in a highly seasoned sauce
[C17: from American Spanish barbacoa, probably from Taino: frame made of sticks]
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bar•be•cue
or bar•be•que
(ˈbɑr bɪˌkyu)n., v. -cued or -qued, -cu•ing or -qu•ing. n.
1. pieces of meat, poultry, or fish roasted over an open hearth, esp. when basted with a barbecue sauce.
2. a grill, spit, or fireplace for cooking food over an open fire.
3. a meal, usu. outdoors, at which foods are so cooked.
4. a dressed steer, lamb, or other animal, roasted whole.
v.t. 5. to broil or roast over an open fire.
6. to cook (meat, poultry, or fish) in a barbecue sauce.
v.i. 7. to have a barbecue.
[1655–65; < Sp barbacoa < Taino barbacoa a raised frame of sticks]
bar′be•cu`er, n.
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barbecue
Past participle: barbecued
Gerund: barbecuing
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
barbecue
To roast slowly over burning coals or under a heat source on a rack or spit.
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| Noun | 1. |  barbecue - meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned saucedish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" |
| 2. |  barbecue - a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spitcookout - an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors | |
| 3. |  barbecue - a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doorsrack - framework for holding objects | |
| Verb | 1. |  barbecue - cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" grill - cook over a grill; "grill the sausages" |
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barbecue
noun
1. brazier, rotisserie The heat of the barbecue travelled to where he was sitting.
verb
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Translations
حَفْلَة شِواءكانون الشِّواء، مَنْقَلمِشْوَاةٌ لِلَحْمِ في الهَوَاءِ الطَّلْقيَشْوي اللحْم
grilopékat na rožnipiknikrožeň
barbecuebarbecue-festgrillgrillegrillfest
grillatagrilligrilli- tai puutarhakutsut
roštilj
grillsütõgrillsütőhússütés
eldstæîi, grillgrillagrillveisla, útigrill
バーベキュー
바비큐
kepti ant žarijųrėmas mėsai kepti ant žarijų
cept gaļu uz restēmpikniksrestes
opekať na ražnipiknik
žar
grill
บาร์บีคิว
bếp nướng ngoài trời
barbecue
[ˈbɑːbɪkjuː]A. N (= grill) → barbacoa f; (= party) → parrillada f, barbacoa f, asado m (LAm)
B. VT → asar a la parrilla
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
barbecue
n
(Cook: = grid) → Grill m
(= meat) → Grillfleisch nt → /-wurst f → etc
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barbecue
[ˈbɑːbɪkjuː]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
barbecue
(ˈbaːbikjuː) noun1. a framework for grilling meat etc over a charcoal fire. We cooked the steak on a barbecue.
2. a party in the open air, at which food is barbecued.
verb to cook on a barbecue. He barbecued a chicken.
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barbecue
→ مِشْوَاةٌ لِلَحْمِ في الهَوَاءِ الطَّلْق gril barbecue Grill μπάρμπεκιου barbacoa grilli- tai puutarhakutsut barbecue roštilj griglia バーベキュー 바비큐 barbecue grill grill churrasco барбекю grill บาร์บีคิว barbekü bếp nướng ngoài trời 烧烤Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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