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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\ (b[aum]"b[-e]*k[=u]), noun [In the language of the (Arawak or Taino) Indians of Guiana, barbacoa a frame on which all kinds of flesh and fish are roasted or smoke-dried.]
1. a framework of metal or brick, usually with a grill on top, in which a fire is lighted and on which food is cooked, usually outdoors; -- also called a {barbecue grill}. [PJC]
2. A social entertainment, where people assemble, usually in the open air, at which a meal is prepared on a barbecue grill. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
4. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\, verb (used with an object) [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
barbecue
noun
1: meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce [syn: {barbeque}]
2: a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit [syn: {barbeque}]
3: a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors [syn: {barbeque}]
verb: cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest" [syn: {cook out}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "barbecue": TV dinner, alfresco meal, aspic, bake, baste, blanch, boil, boiled meat, bouilli, braise, breakfast, brew, broil, brown, brunch, buffet supper, civet, clambake, coddle, coffee break, cook, cookout, curry, devil, diner, dinner, do, do to perfection, elevenses, fire, fish fry, flesh, forcemeat, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, game, griddle, grill, hachis, hash, heat, high tea, hot luncheon, jerky, joint, jugged hare, lunch, luncheon, mash, meat, meat breakfast, menue viande, mince, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, parboil, pemmican, petit dejeuner, picnic, poach, pot roast, prepare, prepare food, roast, sausage meat, saute, scallop, scrapple, sear, shirr, simmer, steam, stew, stir-fry, supper, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin, toast, venison, viande, wiener roast, wienie roast
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