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Definitions for Barbecue

[1] pieces of beef, fowl, fish, or the like, roasted over an open hearth, especially when basted in a barbecue sauce.
[2] a framework, as a grill or a spit, or a fireplace for cooking meat or vegetables over an open fire.
[3] a dressed steer, lamb, or other animal, roasted whole.
[4] a meal, usually in the open air and often as a political or social gathering, at which meats are roasted over an open hearth or pit.
[5] to broil or roast whole or in large pieces over an open fire, on a spit or grill, often seasoning with vinegar, spices, salt, and pepper.
[6] to cook (sliced or diced meat or fish) in a highly seasoned sauce.
[7] to cook by barbecuing or to entertain at a barbecue: If the weather's nice, we'll barbecue in the backyard.
[8] a meal cooked out of doors over an open fire
[9] an outdoor party or picnic at which barbecued food is served
[10] a grill or fireplace used in barbecuing
[11] the food so cooked
[12] to cook (meat, fish, etc) on a grill, usually over charcoal and often with a highly seasoned sauce
[13] to cook (meat, fish, etc) in a highly seasoned sauce

Words related to Barbecue

picnic, cookout, grill, broil, sear, party, bake, spit, griddle, fireplace, roaster, broiler, hibachi, fry, charcoal, rotisserie

Words nearby Barbecue

barbary states, barbasco, barbastelle, barbate, barbe, barbecue, barbecue sauce, barbecue stopper, barbed, barbed tributary, barbed wire

Origin of Barbecue

1655–65; < Spanish barbacoa < Arawak (perhaps Taino ) barbacoa a raised frame of sticks

Other words from Barbecue

bar·be·cu·er , noun

Word origin for Barbecue

C17: from American Spanish barbacoa , probably from Taino: frame made of sticks

Synonyms for Barbecue

cookout, picnic, bake, party, clam bake, wienie roast