barbecue

noun

/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/

/ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/

(abbreviation BBQ)

(also informal barbie British English, Australian English)

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a metal frame for cooking food on over an open fire outdoors
- I put another steak on the barbecue.
- a barbecue sausage (= cooked in this way)
Topics Cooking and eatingb1, Gardensb1
an outdoor meal or party when food is cooked in this way
- Let's have a barbecue!
Topics Cooking and eatingb1

compare cookout

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish barbacoa, perhaps from Arawak barbacoa ‘wooden frame on posts’. The original sense was ‘wooden framework for sleeping on, or for storing meat or fish to be dried’.

barbecue

verb

/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/

/ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they barbecue	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/
he / she / it barbecues	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuːz/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːz/
past simple barbecued	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuːd/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːd/
past participle barbecued	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuːd/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːd/
-ing form barbecuing	/ˈbɑːbɪkjuːɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːɪŋ/

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barbecue (something) to cook food on a barbecue compare broilTopics Cooking and eatingb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Barbecue is used with these nouns as the object:
chicken
meat
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish barbacoa, perhaps from Arawak barbacoa ‘wooden frame on posts’. The original sense was ‘wooden framework for sleeping on, or for storing meat or fish to be dried’.