About The Word Barbecue
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Barbecue
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What's The Definition Of Barbecue?
[n] a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
[n] a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit [n] meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce [v] cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest" Synonyms | Synonyms for Barbecue: barbeque | barbeque | cook out Related Terms | Find terms related to Barbecue: alfresco meal | aspic | bake | baste | blanch | boil | boiled meat | bouilli | braise | breakfast | brew | broil | brown | brunch | buffet supper | civet | clambake | coddle | coffee break | cook | cookout | curry | devil | diner | dinner | do | do to perfection | elevenses | fire | fish fry | flesh | forcemeat | fricassee | frizz | frizzle | fry | game | griddle | grill | hachis | hash | heat | high tea | hot luncheon | jerky | joint | jugged hare | lunch | luncheon | mash | meat | meat breakfast | menue viande | mince | oven-bake | pan | pan-broil | parboil | pemmican | petit dejeuner | picnic | poach | pot roast | prepare | prepare food | roast | sausage meat | saute | scallop | scrapple | sear | shirr | simmer | steam | stew | stir-fry | supper | tea | tea break | teatime | tiffin | toast | TV dinner | venison | viande | wiener roast | wienie roast See Also | cookout | dish | grill | rack Barbecue In Webster's Dictionary \Bar"be*cue\ (b[aum]"b[-e]*k[=u]), n. [In the language
of Indians of Guiana, a frame on which all kinds of flesh and
fish are roasted or smoke-dried.]
1. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole
for a feast.
2. A social entertainment, where many people assemble,
usually in the open air, at which one or more large
animals are roasted or broiled whole.
3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
\Bar"be*cue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbecued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbecuing}.] 1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron. They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. --Stedman. 2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. --Pope. |
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