Word: Barbecue
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Spanish barbacoa, perhaps from Arawak barbacoa ‘wooden frame on posts’. The original sense was ‘wooden framework for sleeping on, or for storing meat or fish to be dried’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbɑːbɪkjuː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
cook (food) on a barbecue
Short Definition:cook food on barbecue
Examples:- fish barbecued with herbs
- barbecued chicken
Variant Forms:
- barbeque
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