barbecue — meaning in English

English meaning

• barbecue noun A grill or fireplace used for cooking food, usually outdoors over hot coals or gas flame.
• grill noun A rack of metal bars used for cooking food over direct heat.

Senses

barbecue is used for these senses in English:

• barbecue A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
• barbecue A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.
• grill (US) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.

barbecue — full definition

1. noun A grill or fireplace used for cooking food, usually outdoors over hot coals or gas flame.
2. noun A social event centered on food cooked outdoors, or the food itself.
3. verb To cook food over an open flame or hot coals, often with a smoky flavor.

grill — full definition

1. noun A rack of metal bars used for cooking food over direct heat.
2. verb To cook food over direct heat, typically outdoors.
3. verb To question someone intensively and aggressively.

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