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."foodutensiltraditioncultureentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus."We had a barbeque in the park last weekend to celebrate my birthday. "foodevententertainmentChat 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 town's annual barbeque featured a whole roasted pig, drawing a large crowd. "foodculturefestivaltraditioneventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried."After the coffee beans are picked, they are spread out on the barbeque to dry in the sun. "agricultureplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA framework of sticks."The fisherman built a small barbeque out of branches to roast his catch over the fire. "structureutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels."We plan to barbeque chicken and ribs in the backyard this weekend. "foodutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo grill."We will barbeque chicken and vegetables for dinner tonight. "foodutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading