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   barbecue

   /ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/

   noun

   • 1. a meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors on a rack over an open fire or on a special appliance: "in the evening there was a barbecue" Similar meal cooked outdoors… roastcookoutbraaivleishangiinformal:BBQbarbie
   • ▪ a rack or appliance used for the preparation of food at a barbecue: "food was placed to sizzle on the barbecue" Similar grillrotisseriebrazierhibachi
   • ▪ food cooked on a barbecue: "all the barbecue he could eat"

   verb

   • 1. cook (food) on a barbecue: "fish barbecued with herbs"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: 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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