barbecue
verb/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/
/ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they barbecue | /ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/ |
| he / she / it barbecues | /ˈbɑːbɪkjuːz/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːz/ |
| past simple barbecued | /ˈbɑːbɪkjuːd/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːd/ |
| past participle barbecued | /ˈbɑːbɪkjuːd/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːd/ |
| -ing form barbecuing | /ˈbɑːbɪkjuːɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːrbɪkjuːɪŋ/ |
- barbecue (something) to cook food on a barbecue compare broilTopics Cooking and eatingb1Oxford Collocations DictionaryBarbecue is used with these nouns as the object:
- chicken
- meat
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’.Definitions on the go
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