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barbecue

barbecue

63 1.0
Meat cooked on a grill and often served with a spicy sauce
  • noun
  • /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/
translation icon : barbacoa
  • The restaurant is famous for its delicious barbecue ribs, coated in a tangy sauce.
  • barbecue sauce
  • barbecue pork
  • eat barbecue

You know, I had some barbecue and I, you know, that was pretty good.

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Examples

  • For supper, she will go to Breck's for barbecue and visit with whoever is there.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Paul came home after work with a family pack from the barbecue place near the office.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Then add about 3/4 cup of your favorite barbecue sauce.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I want barbecue, and I want crispy.

    King of New York (1990)

  • The smell of barbecue floats through the air, bringing all kinds of memories.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Sometimes he believes he can smell their dinner: chicken, hamburger, barbecue ribs.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Chicken in barbecue sauce that's been simmering in the crock pot since yesterday.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • During the summer, we enjoy a family gathering where we grill barbecue chicken in the backyard.

  • She served a plate of smoked barbecue pulled pork with coleslaw on the side.

Synonyms

barbeque
vsbarbecue
  • US
1 1.0

Meat cooked slowly on a grill or over an open fire with a spicy sauce

is cooked on a grill or open fire without implying slow cooking

Compounds

barbecue sauce
17 1.0

A spicy, sweet and tangy sauce used on grilled or smoked meat

barbecue pit
  • US
3 2.4

A place in the ground where people burn wood or charcoal to cook meat

good barbecue
2 1.0

A fun outdoor meal where people cook and eat together

barbecue fork
1 2.0

A long two-pronged metal tool for lifting and turning food on a grill

barbecue plate
  • US
2.3

A plate with different grilled meats and side dishes like coleslaw

How Smoky

smoked
1 2.1
barbecue
63 1.0
grilled
1 1.0

Surface Forms

barbecue singular
barbecues plural

Etymology

Barbecue also became the name of the meat cooked on that frame, because people called the roasted meat by the same word barbacoa. So when you order barbecue you are getting meat that was cooked over a fire and often has a strong, smoky flavour.