barbecue

Universal Words noun, verb noun (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