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Antonyms for barbecue

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bahr-bi-kyoo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr bɪˌkyu

Definition of barbecue

Origin :
  • 1650s, "framework for grilling meat, fish, etc.," from American Spanish barbacoa, from Arawakan (Haiti) barbakoa "framework of sticks," the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Sense of "outdoor meal of roasted meat or fish as a social entertainment" is from 1733; modern popular noun sense of "grill for cooking over an open fire" is from 1931.
  • noun meal cooked on grill
  • noun grill for cookout
  • verb cook outside, usually on a grill
Example sentences :
  • I think it was the fellow that shot so well with the rifle at the barbecue––what was his name?
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • He was at that moment walking past the barbecue pit with George McCloud.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • He had instructed his black people to have a barbecue at their quarters.
  • Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick
  • This barbecue feast was to be eaten after the marriage ceremony was performed.
  • Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick
  • The father of the young lady you were so attentive to at the barbecue.
  • Extract from : « Lone Star Planet » by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
  • He could catch turkeys with a noose, and young pigs to barbecue.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
  • What did I rig up my shed and a thousand feet of lumber for benches at the barbecue for?
  • Extract from : « A First Family of Tasajara » by Bret Harte
  • Den I busts loose, an' some Indian boys starts in to barbecue me.
  • Extract from : « Lady Luck » by Hugh Wiley
  • Annixter drew Hilma away, and, indeed, most of the people set about the barbecue at once.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • The barbecue was prepared during the night previous by Charles Bibbs.
  • Extract from : « The Choctaw Freedmen » by Robert Elliott Flickinger

Synonyms for barbecue

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