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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbecued}; p. pr & vb n. {Barbecuing}.] 1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron. They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. --Stedman. 2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. Send me gods, a whole hog barbecued. --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\ (b[aum]"b[-e]*k[=u]), n. [In the language of Indians of Guiana, a frame on which all kinds of flesh and fish are roasted or smoke-dried.] 1. A hog, ox or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast. 2. A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole. 3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: barbecue n 1: meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce 2: a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit 3: a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors v : cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest" [syn: {cook out}]
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