BARBECUE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of barbecue in English barbecuenoun uk /ˈbɑː.bɪ.kjuː/ us /ˈbɑːr.bə.kjuː/ (UK or Australian English informal barbie, uk/ˈbɑː.bi/ us/ˈbɑːr.bi/); (written abbreviation BBQ) Add to word list Add to word list A2 [ C ] a metal frame on which meat, fish, or vegetables are cooked outdoors over a fire: Make sure you light the barbecue in plenty of time.   Wellmony/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages A2 [ C ] a meal that is prepared and eaten outdoors using such a frame, often during a party: He made some salads to have with the barbecue. [ C ] a party held outdoors, during which food is cooked on a barbecue: We're having a barbecue on Saturday - I hope you can come. [ U ] US meat, usually pork, cooked slowly on a metal frame in a container filled with smoke, and served in a barbecue sauce : They serve the best barbecue in town.   LauriPatterson/E+/GettyImages

• Ask your father whether he bought any charcoal for the barbecue.
• It rained, so the barbecue had to be postponed.
• The supermarket sells a range of food ideal for summer barbecues.
• There was a lovely smell drifting over from the neighbours' barbecue.
• Make sure you light the barbecue in plenty of time, and I'll prepare the food.

Heaters & burners

• air-source
• bar
• barbecue pit
• barbie
• BBQ
• electric blanket
• electric heater
• fan heater
• furnace
• gas fire
• geyser
• lime kiln
• matchbook
• matchbox
• matchstick
• patio heater
• retort
• wood burner
• wood stove
• wood-burning stove

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Meals & parts of meals Celebrations, parties & special occasions Meat - general words Sausages, burgers & stuffings barbecueverb [ I or T ] uk /ˈbɑː.bɪ.kjuː/ us /ˈbɑːr.bə.kjuː/ B1 to cook food on a barbecue: Their traditional sausages are delicious grilled or barbecued. Dad was outside barbecuing in the yard.

• I'll barbecue some burgers.
• We had barbecued chicken wings.
• He was eating a slice of barbecued lamb with his hands.
• You could simply barbecue the steak on a grill.
• Summer nights were spent barbecuing in the back yard with friends.

Preparing food using heat

• air fryer
• air-fry
• bain-marie
• bake something in phrasal verb
• baking
• cooking
• Crock-Pot
• deep fat fryer
• deep-fried
• deep-fry
• overdone
• pan-fry
• parboil
• poach
• poaching
• underdone
• warm (someone/something) up phrasal verb
• warmed-over
• wilt
• wood-fired

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barbecue | American Dictionary

barbecuenoun [ C ] us /ˈbɑr·bɪˌkju/ (abbreviation BBQ) Add to word list Add to word list a metal frame on which food is cooked outside over a fire, or a meal prepared using such a frame and usually eaten outside: I like catfish cooked on a barbecue. Our neighbors invited all of us to a backyard barbecue.

barbecue

verb [ T ] us /ˈbɑr·bɪˌkju/ During the summer we barbecue all the time. (Definition of barbecue from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of barbecue

barbecue The cooking methods varied from cooking on camping stoves to barbecues. From the Cambridge English Corpus Various activities took place at the camp including the preparation and consumption of bread doughsticks cooked over a barbecue. From the Cambridge English Corpus A 7year-old boy was severely burned when the barbecue lighting fluid his father was using suddenly exploded over him. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, eating grapes and meat barbecued over an open fire were not significant risk factors at 10 % level for this sub-population. From the Cambridge English Corpus Eating meat cooked at a barbecue has been linked to an increased risk of campylobacter infection in previous studies [10, 20]. From the Cambridge English Corpus Like meat at a barbecue (see above) eating grapes was not identified in the analysis of the subpopulation. From the Cambridge English Corpus Activists formed ' walking base units ', moving from house to house and holding meetings under the guise of barbecues or birthday parties. From the Cambridge English Corpus Even the humble shed to north-east takes a space-defining role, linked to the main complex by pergola and barbecue area. From the Cambridge English Corpus Our study showed no association with the previously identified risks of consuming bird pecked milk [30], and consumption of barbecued chicken [2, 31]. From the Cambridge English Corpus The whole town, blanketed by a cloud of wood smoke, smelt tantalizingly of braaivleis (barbecue) and curry. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the multivariate model eating doughsticks and eating at a barbecue were no longer significant. From the Cambridge English Corpus It took them the whole night to barbecue the three hogs. From the Cambridge English Corpus A large, under-utilised pub carpark creates a desolate void only used for the occasional village fete or barbecue. From the Cambridge English Corpus The word barbecue is an interesting case. From the Cambridge English Corpus She sort of blush and say barbecue. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of barbecue These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of barbecue? What is the pronunciation of barbie?

Translations of barbecue

in Chinese (Traditional) 烤肉架, 烤肉, 烤肉聚會… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 烤肉架, 烤肉, 烤肉聚会… See more in Spanish barbacoa, parrillada, hacer a la barbacoa… See more in Portuguese churrasqueira, churrasco, fazer no churrasco… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian बार्बेक्यू, मांस, मासे… See more バーベキュー（パーティー）, バーベキュースタンド, 焼き網… See more açık havada piknik, mangal partisi, barbekü… See more barbecue [masculine], faire cuire au barbecue, barbecue… See more barbacoa… See more barbecue, barbecuen… See more ஒரு உலோக சட்டகத்தில் வைத்து நெருப்பினால் இறைச்சி, மீன் அல்லது காய்கறிகளை வெளிப்புறத்தில் வைத்து சமைக்கப்படும், ஒரு சட்டகத்தைப் பயன்படுத்தி வெளியில் தயாரிக்கப்பட்டு உண்ணும் உணவு… See more बारबेक्यू, धातु का एक फ्रेम जिस पर माँस, मछली या सब्जियाँ घर के बाहर आग पर पकाई जाती हैं… See more ધાતુની જાળી જેના પર માંસ, મચ્છી, અથવા શાકભાજી ખુલ્લી જગ્યામાં ભઠ્ઠી પર શેકીને પકવવામાં આવે છે.… See more grill, barbecue, grillfest… See more utomhusgrill, grillfest, grilla… See more barbeku, berbarbeku, memanggang… See more der Bratrost, Grillparty im Freien, auf dem Rost braten… See more grillmat [masculine], grill [masculine], grille… See more باربی کیو, آہنی فریم (دھات کی جالی جس میں آنچ پرگوشت ، مچھلی، سبزی وغیرہ سینک کرپکائی جاتی ہے), باربی کیو (وہ کھانا جو باہر تفریح یا پکنک وغیرہ میں باربی کیو پر پکایا اورکھایا جاتا ہے)… See more барбекю, смажити м'ясо на барбекю… See more బార్బెక్యూ, ఆరుబయట మంట మీద మాంసం, చేపలు లేదా కూరగాయలు కాల్చి వండడానికి వాడే లోహపు ఫ్రేమ్ (ఇనుప జాలీ)… See more বার-বি-কিউ, একটি ধাতব ফ্রেম যার ওপর মাংস, মাছ বা সবজি বাইরে আগুনে রেখে রান্না করা হয়… See more rožeň, piknik (s opékáním na rožni), opékat na rožni… See more memanggang daging, pesta daging panggang, memanggang… See more การย่างอาหารโดยใช้เหล็กเสียบเนื้อสัตว์, การจัดเลี้ยงอาหารจำพวกเนื้อสัตว์ย่างกลางแจ้ง, ย่างเนื้อ… See more vỉ để nướng, tiệc ngoài trời, nướng quay cả con… See more gril, grilować, rożen… See more 바비큐, 바비큐 그릴… See more grigliata, barbecue, arrostire alla griglia… See more Need a translator?

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