BARBECUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barbecue mean? 

• BARBECUE (noun)
  The noun BARBECUE has 3 senses:

1. meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

2. a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit

3. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

  Familiarity information: BARBECUE used as a noun is uncommon.

• BARBECUE (verb)
  The verb BARBECUE has 1 sense:

1. cook outdoors on a barbecue grill

  Familiarity information: BARBECUE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARBECUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

barbecue; barbeque

Hypernyms ("barbecue" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Derivation:

barbecue (cook outdoors on a barbecue grill)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

barbecue; barbeque

Hypernyms ("barbecue" is a kind of...):

cookout (an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors)

Derivation:

barbecue (cook outdoors on a barbecue grill)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

barbecue; barbeque

Hypernyms ("barbecue" is a kind of...):

rack (framework for holding objects)

Derivation:

barbecue (cook outdoors on a barbecue grill)

• BARBECUE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they barbecue    ... he / she / it barbecues   
Past simple: barbecued   
Past participle: barbecued   
-ing form: barbecuing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

barbecue; barbeque; cook out

Context example:

We cooked out in the forest

Hypernyms (to "barbecue" is one way to...):

grill (cook over or under a grill)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs barbecue the vegetables

Derivation:

barbecue (a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors)

barbecue (a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit)

barbecue (meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce)

 Context examples 

Because of the high temperatures used, frying, broiling, and barbecuing produce the largest amounts of heterocyclic amines.

(Heterocyclic Amine Carcinogen, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemical that is formed when meat, poultry, or fish is cooked at high temperatures, such as frying, broiling, and barbecuing.

(HCA, NCI Dictionary)

Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, tobacco smoke, coal tar, soot and certain food products, especially smoked and barbecued foods.

(Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)