barbecue

noun

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

a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire

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

verb

cook outdoors on a barbecue grill

Roots

barbacoabarbecue- · Taino · wooden frame

Synonyms for barbecue

cookoutn broiln roastn griddlen picnicn clambaken

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