barbecue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: barbecue	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for barbecue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbecue n meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce Synonym(s): barbecue, barbeque a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit Synonym(s): barbecue, barbeque a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors Synonym(s): barbecue, barbeque v cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest" Synonym(s): barbeque, barbecue, cook out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbecue \Bar"becue\ (b[aum]"b[esl]k[umac]), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbecue \Bar"becue\, 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.