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Definition of barbecue noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

barbecue

noun
 
/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/
 
/ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/
(abbreviation BBQ)
(also informal barbie British English, Australian English)
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  1. a metal frame for cooking food on over an open fire outdoors
    • I put another steak on the barbecue.
    • a barbecue sausage (= cooked in this way)
    Topics Cooking and eatingb1, Gardensb1
  2. an outdoor meal or party when food is cooked in this way
    • Let's have a barbecue!
    Topics Cooking and eatingb1
  3. compare cookout
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Spanish barbacoa, perhaps from Arawak barbacoa ‘wooden frame on posts’. The original sense was ‘wooden framework for sleeping on, or for storing meat or fish to be dried’.
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