barbecue

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈbɑrbɪˌkju/

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• Hyphenation: bar‧be‧cue

Noun

Singular barbecue

Plural barbecues

1. A style of cooking that involves meat being cooked on a grill or in a pit, then often covered in a special sauce.

   Chris' Black Oak Restaurant serves barbecue ribs and chicken.

2. The grill for cooking barbecue; or for grilling anything in general.

   I put two hot dogs and two hamburgers on the barbecue.

3. A meal of barbecue.

   There was a big barbecue in Riverside Park for the Fourth of July.

Verb

Plain form barbecue

Third-person singular barbecues

Past tense barbecued

Past participle barbecued

Present participle barbecuing

1. To cook food in the barbecue style.