noun🔗ShareA fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium."We cooked our food on the barbecue."foodutensilculturetraditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus."The family barbecue was a great way to celebrate Grandma's birthday. "foodeventutensilcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMeat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded."She ordered a plate of barbecue with a side of slaw."foodcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast."The barbecue was a huge success; the roasted pig was delicious. "foodfestivalanimalculturetraditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried."The farmer spread the coffee beans evenly on the barbecue to dry them in the sun. "agriculturefoodprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA framework of sticks."The hunter built a barbecue of sturdy sticks to smoke the fish he caught. "structureutensilitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels."We plan to barbecue some chicken and ribs in the backyard this weekend. "foodutensilculturetraditionentertainmenteventactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo grill."We will barbecue burgers in the backyard tonight. "foodutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading