barbecue
/ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/ noun A2- A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium. · We cooked our food on the barbecue.
- A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus. · We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.
- Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded. · She ordered a plate of barbecue with a side of slaw.
- A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
- A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
Plural barbecues
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If you want something different, you can try spicy Korean barbecue too.
A braai is similar to an American barbecue, but it feels unique.
For decades, I referred to England as home, even as I cultivated an exuberant garden of native Australian flora and mastered the backyard barbecue.
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