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barbecue
bar·be·cue
[
brbə ky
]
(
plural
bar·be·cues
)
or
bar·be·que
[
brbə ky
]
(
plural
bar·be·ques
)
noun
Definition:
1.
outdoor party with food cooked outdoors:
an outdoor party where people eat food cooked on a grill
2.
food cooked on grill:
food, especially meat, poultry, and fish, cooked on a grill
3.
equipment for cooking outdoors:
an apparatus, including a grill and fuel, used for cooking food outdoors
[
Mid-17th century. < American Spanish
barbacoa
, probably < Arawak
barbakoa
"frame of sticks"
]
bar·be·cue
transitive verb
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bar·be·cue transitive verb
