BARBEQUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barbeque mean? 

• BARBEQUE (noun)
  The noun BARBEQUE 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: BARBEQUE used as a noun is uncommon.

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

1. cook outdoors on a barbecue grill

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARBEQUE (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 ("barbeque" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

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 ("barbeque" is a kind of...):

cookout (an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors)

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 ("barbeque" is a kind of...):

rack (framework for holding objects)

• BARBEQUE (verb)

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 "barbeque" 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:

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