[ˈbɑːbɪkjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors on a rack over an open fire or on a special appliance
(e.g: in the evening there was a barbecue)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from Spanish barbacoa, perhaps from Arawak barbacoa ‘wooden frame on posts’. The original sense was ‘wooden framework for sleeping on, or for storing meat or fish to be dried’

[ˈbɑːbɪkjuː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cook (food) on a barbecue
(e.g: fish barbecued with herbs)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from Spanish barbacoa, perhaps from Arawak barbacoa ‘wooden frame on posts’. The original sense was ‘wooden framework for sleeping on, or for storing meat or fish to be dried’