barbecue
    n 1: meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly
         seasoned sauce [syn: barbecue, barbeque]
    2: a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire;
       especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit [syn:
       barbecue, barbeque]
    3: a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out
       of doors [syn: barbecue, barbeque]
    v 1: cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that
         meat"; "We cooked out in the forest" [syn: barbeque,
         barbecue, cook out]

Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\ (b[aum]"b[-e]*k[=u]), n. [In the language
   of the (Arawak or Taino) Indians of Guiana, barbacoa a frame
   on which all kinds of flesh and fish are roasted or
   smoke-dried.]
   1. a framework of metal or brick, usually with a grill on
      top, in which a fire is lighted and on which food is
      cooked, usually outdoors; -- also called a barbecue
      grill.
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   2. A social entertainment, where people assemble, usually in
      the open air, at which a meal is prepared on a barbecue
      grill.
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   3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
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   4. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole
      for a feast.
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Barbecue \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.
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            They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game
            and fish in the smoke.                --Stedman.
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   2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.
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            Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. --Pope.
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