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barbecue

noun verb

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

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
B
Ends with
E
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
14
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː

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Definitions

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

verb

  1. cook outdoors on a barbecue grill

    “let's barbecue that meat”

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Example Sentences

let's barbecue that meat
We cooked out in the forest

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