barbecue
/ˈbɑr·bɪˌkju/ n [C] (abbreviation BBQ)Definition
› a metal frame on which food is cooked outside over a fire, or a meal prepared using such a frame and usually eaten outside: I like catfish cooked on a barbecue. Our neighbors invited all of us to a backyard barbecue. barbecue /ˈbɑr·bɪˌkju/ v [T] › During the summer we barbecue all the time.
(Definition of barbecue n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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