barbecue
/ˈbɑɹbəˌkjuː/
nounverbbar · be · cue
Think: “BAR + BE + CUE” — you eat at the BAR, you BE there, and you line up on CUE for food.
Yes, it's barbecue. The tricky ending sounds like “cue” and is spelled C-U-E: bar-be-cue.
Definitions
- nounA meal or gathering where food (often meat) is cooked outdoors over a grill or open fire.
- nounThe grill or outdoor cooking device used to cook food over heat.
- verbTo cook food over a grill or open fire, often outdoors.
Examples
- “We had a barbecue in the backyard and grilled corn and burgers.”
- “Dad cleaned the barbecue before lighting the coals.”
- “Let’s barbecue chicken on Saturday if the weather is nice.”
Synonyms
cookoutgrilloutdoor cookoutbarbequeBBQ
Translations
ES barbacoaPT churrascoFR barbecue
Common misspellings
barbequebarbacuebarbeqbarbequeuebarbecubarbequeubarbeccuebarbecque
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