barbeque
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Noun
barbeque noun
- A 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.”
- A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.“We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.”
- Meat, 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.”
- A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
Verb
barbeque verb
- To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
- To grill.
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braaicookoutbuccangrillbarbiebbqbarbecuebarbecuesbarbecuingbarbequedbarbecuedgrillingpicniccookoutsgrillshamburgerssteak
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