(abbreviation BBQ) (also informal barbie BrE, AustralE)
1 a metal frame for cooking food on over an open fire outdoors:
I put another steak on the barbecue. * a barbecue sausage (= cooked in this way) * barbecue sauce (= a spicy sauce eaten with barbecue food)
2 an outdoor meal or party when food is cooked in this way:
Let's have a barbecue!
compareCOOKOUT
verb [V, VN] to cook food on a barbecue
compareBROIL
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