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Definition: Barbecue |
BarbecueNoun1. Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce. 2. A cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit. 3. A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors. Verb1. Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "barbecue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1729. (references) |
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Literature | Barbecue (3 syl.) A West Indian dish, consisting of a hog roasted whole, stuffed with spice, and basted with Madeira wine. Any animal roasted whole is so called. "Oldfield with more than harpy throat subdued, Cries, "Send me, ye gods, a whole hog barbecued!""Pope: Satires, ii. 25, 26. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Personal Care & Hotels | A metal rack on which meat and fish are roasted, b: an often portable fire place with such a rack. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Barbecue is a method of cooking meat, or the end-result of cooking by this method. The term has a lot of regional variations, based on several factors:At its most generic, any source of protein may be used, including beef, pork, poultry, and fish. The meat could be ground, as with hamburger, processed into sausage or kabobs, and/or accompanied by vegetables. Sometimes the cut of meat (e.g. brisket or ribs) matters; sometimes the cut is irrelevant. Even vegetarian alternatives to meat, such as soyburgers can be barbecued. The meat may be marinaded or rubbed with spices before cooking, basted with a sauce or oil before and/or during cooking, and/or flavored in numerous ways after removed from the heat. Some forms of barbecue are barely distinguishable from grilled meats; most involve tougher cuts of meat, requiring hours of cooking over low heat that barely exceeds the boiling point of water. Sometimes an open flame is required, with the fuel source irrelevant. In other cases, the fuel source is critical to the end result, as when wood chips from particular kinds of trees are used as fuel.
- the type of meat used
- the sauce or other flavoring added to the meat
- when the flavoring is added during preparation
- the role that smoke plays in preparation
- the equipment and fuel used to cook the meat
- how much time is spent cooking the meat
United States
Although distinctions in barbecue are blurring as are most aspects of regional culture, there are still dominant styles, particularly in the South, Midwest and Texas.North Carolina
Within North Carolina, there are multiple regional traditions, all based on the slow-cooking of pulled pork. On the east coast, the dominant ingredients to the sauce are vinegar and hot peppers. Proceeding west, the sauce becomes more tomato-based.South Carolina
Slow-cooked pulled pork also dominates barbecue in South Carolina, with a the sauce is mustard-based.Georgia
Georgia barbecue is based on slow-cooked pork, with a sauce based on ketchup.Florida
Both pork and seafood are barbecued in Florida, with butter and lemon or lime juice as the base for the sauce.Tennessee
Pork is prepared with a dry rub of spices.Missouri
Beef is the dominant meat for barbcue. Often the beef is sliced and a tomato-based sauce is added after cooking.Texas
Barbecue in Texas is beef, with tomatoes and peppers in the sauce.
Caribbean
Jamaican jerk chicken is an example of barbecue.
Australia
In Australia, barbecues are a popular summer pastime. Australian BBQs do not involve the smoking or sugary sauces of an American BBQ. Instead plain or marinaded meat is grilled over the open fire.
South Africa
The braai (abbreviation of braaivleis, Afrikaans "meat grill") is a major social tradition amongst the Afrikaner people of Southern Africa.
Etymology
The word varies in spelling; variations include barbeque, BBQ, and Bar-B-Q. Smoky Hale, author of The Great American Barbecue and Grilling Manual (ISBN 0936171030) traces the word back to its Caribbean roots in Taino (one of the Arawak family of languages). In one form, barabicoa, it indicates a wooden grill, a mesh of sticks; in another, barabicu, it's a sacred fire pit.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Barbecue."
Synonyms: BarbecueSynonyms: barbeque (n), cook out (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: barbeque (personal care & hotels). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Alligator pear, apple; apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut. |
Preparation | Elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture; (aid); hatch, cook, brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; infumate; maturate. equip, arm, man; fit-out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up; refurbish; sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune; whet the knife, whet the sword; wind up, screw up; adjust; (fit); put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness; pack. |
Sociality | Social circle, family circle; circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company. social gathering, social reunion; assembly; (assemblage); barbecue, bee; corn-husking, corn-shucking; house raising, barn raising; husking, husking-bee; infare. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Barbecue |
| English words defined with "barbecue": barbecued wing ♦ cardamom, cardamon, cardamum, cook out. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Barbecue" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (barbecue), French (barbecue), German (barbecue, Fry), Italian (barbecue), Portuguese (barbecue, main gear box flexible mounting plate, MGB flexible mounting plate). |
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Screenplays | I'm gonna barbecue your ass in molasses (Smokey and the Bandit; writing credit: Hal Needham; Robert L. Levy) I thought the plan was to barbecue with him. (Aqua Teen Hunger Force; writing credit: Matt Maiellaro; Dave Willis) Well, my dad thinks that if your dad's barbecue is better than his, the russkies are gonna take over the planet (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Barbecue Brawl (1956) At the Bingville Booster's Barbecue (1915) Ross's Barbecue Party (2001) Barbecue Bible (2000) | |
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 | Antarctic beach party and barbecue. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | The political barbecue. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Roasting pigs at the great barbecue, G.A.R. encampment, Louisville, Ky. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Posters near "convict's barbecue," Connellsville, outside Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Outhouse beside "roadside barbecue," Connellsville, outside Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Junior" Spear at stockmen's picnic and barbecue. Spear's Siding, Wyola, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Stockmen at stockmen's picnic and barbecue. Spear's Siding, Wyola, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Moore, George Gordon, barbecue. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Frederick G. Necker, business at 3410 Broadway, New York City. Barbecue I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ludwig Baumann, Home Furnishings Exhibit. Barbecue. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Barbecue fire" by Kelly Abbott Commentary: "I was drinkin' and cookin'." |
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Economic History | Japan | The growth in import demand in 1999 was largely driven by continued strong HRI/HMR demand, particularly from fast food beef bowl chains, hamburger steaks at family restaurants, `yakiniku - Korean style barbecue' at Korean style barbecue chains and beef barbecue lunch box sold at takeout lunch box chains and convenience store chains, including inexpensive frozen beef parts like short plate, brisket and clod. (references) |
Travel | Australia | The coastal cities are renowned for fresh seafood, and the traditional Australian barbecue (barbie) is a way of life. (references) |
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| "Barbecue" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.35% of the time. "Barbecue" is used about 301 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.35% | 287 | 17,188 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.33% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.66% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.66% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 301 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "barbecue": barbecue grill ♦ barbecue house ♦ barbecue manoeuvre ♦ barbecue pit ♦ barbecue restaurant ♦ barbecue sauce. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
barbecue | 9,297 | sonnys barbecue | 196 |
barbecue grill | 3,006 | dinosaur barbecue | 190 |
barbecue recipe | 1,961 | barbecue tool | 188 |
barbecue sauce | 1,294 | built in barbecue | 178 |
barbecue smoker | 1,289 | barbecue clipart | 176 |
barbecue galore | 1,022 | texas barbecue | 168 |
barbecue sauce recipe | 761 | brick barbecue | 167 |
barbecue rib | 734 | barbecue fiesta | 150 |
barbecue pit | 650 | barbecue equipment | 149 |
weber barbecue | 593 | barbecue pork | 140 |
barbecue rib recipe | 572 | barbecue shrimp | 139 |
barbecue chicken | 384 | barbecue university | 136 |
gas barbecue | 369 | barbecue restaurant | 135 |
barbecue accessory | 364 | art barbecue clip | 132 |
barbecue boot camp | 323 | corkys barbecue | 130 |
barbecue chicken recipe | 319 | stubbs barbecue | 126 |
barbecue rub | 312 | salmon barbecue | 123 |
gas barbecue grill | 270 | barbecue invitation | 122 |
mongolian barbecue | 262 | barbecue picture | 116 |
barbecue island | 212 | barbecue tip | 114 |
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| Language | Translations for "barbecue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vleisbraai, braai (roast, toast). (various references) | |
Albanian | skarë (broiler, fire-bar, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grillage, rack), mish i pjekur (roast), hell (broach, roasting jack, skewer, spit). (various references) | |
Arabic | مأدبة يقدم فيها شواء, حفلة شواء, طها اللحم, شوى اللحم فى صلصة خل حريف, شوى (braise, broil, grill, pop, roast, roasting). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | sstsiihkiitaa (to barbecue). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скара за печене на открит огън. (various references) | |
Chinese | 烤肉 (barbecued, barbeque). (various references) | |
Czech | rožeò (broach, grid, grill, spit), piknik (picnic), opékat na rožni (grill), maso peèené nad otevřeným ohnìm. (various references) | |
Danish | udendoers grill. (various references) | |
Dutch | barbecue (main gear box flexible mounting plate, MGB flexible mounting plate). (various references) | |
Esperanto | plenaera kradrostado, kradrostilo, kradrosti, kradrostado. (various references) | |
Farsi | کباب کردن (Broil, Grid, Roast), کباب , بریانی (Fry), بریان کردن (Grill, Parch, Roast), بریان . (various references) | |
Finnish | ulkogrilli (barbecue grill), paahtaa (be blazing hot, grill, heat, roast, scorch, toast), grillata (grill, roast). (various references) | |
French | barbecue. (various references) | |
German | grill (broiler, grill, grille, rotisserie), grillen (broil, broiling, grill, grilling, to broil), braten (bake, broil, cook, fries, fry, grill, joint, pan, pot-roast meat, roast, roast meat, roasting, toast), Barbecue (Fry). (various references) | |
Greek | ψησταριά (rotisserie). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בר בי קיו, סעודת צלי אש. (various references) | |
Hungarian | sütőrostély (bbq, grid, gridiron), grillsütő (bbq, grill). (various references) | |
Italian | barbecue (main gear box flexible mounting plate, MGB flexible mounting plate). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ハ長調 (bar, bar code, barbarism, barbell, barber, barell, bargain, bargain sale, bargaining power, bartender, barter, base, Bayer, BBQ, Berkeley, berkelium, Berkley, Bermuda shorts, Bermuda Triangle, berth, bias, biathlon, bio, bio music, biochip, biocomputer, bioconversion, bioelectronics, bioethics, biofeedback, biogas, biography, biohazard, bioholonics, bioindustry, bioinfomatics, biomass, bionics, biopsy, bioreactor, biorhythm, bioscience, biosensor, biotechnology, biotelemetry, biotron, bird carving, bird sanctuary, bird watching, birdcall, birdie, Birmingham, birth, birth control, birthday, bourbon, Burberry, burger, burlesque, burner, burn-out syndrome, burst, buying power, by, bye, C major, crowbar, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, hair combed in stripes across a bald pate, old man who takes Viagra, scale, updating a software version, Vermont, vernier, verse, version, vertical marketing, violin, violinist, virgin, Virginia, virginity, virtual, virtual circuit, virtual reality), 丸焼き . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バーベキュー (BBQ), まるやき. (various references) | |
Korean | 바베큐. (various references) | |
Norwegian | grillfest. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arbecuebay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | espeto (spit), churrasco. (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | espeto. (various references) | |
Romanian | petrecere unde se frig animale, grãtar mare, animal fript în întregime. (various references) | |
Russian | целиком зажаренная туша, жарить рашпер зажаренный, барбекю. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | roštilj (broil, gridiron, grill, roaster). (various references) | |
Spanish | barbacoa (barbecue manoeuvre, toasting). (various references) | |
Swedish | utomhusgrill, stor utomhusfest. (various references) | |
Thai | เนื้อย่าง, ย่างเนื้อ. (various references) | |
Turkish | barbekü yapmak, barbekü sosuyla pişirmek, barbekü soslu et, barbekü, mangalda ızgara yapmak (charbroil), mangal (brazier), güneşte kurutmak, açık havada et ızgarası. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | смажити тушу, цілком засмажена туша, барбекю, пікнік (junket, outing, picnic). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bò (pen, stable), cừu cả con sân phơi cà phê. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "barbecue": barbecued, barbecuer, barbecuers, barbecues. (additional references) | |
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"Barbecue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barbacle, barbacue, barbcue, barbecoup, Barbiaux, Barbuscia, Birabeau. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "barbecue" (pronounced bÄ"rbikyuw') |
| 8 | b Ä" r b i k y uw' | barbeque. |
| 3 | -k y uw' | fescue. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-c-e-e-r-u" | |
-2 letters: baubee, rubace. | |
-3 letters: acerb, barbe, brace, caber, cubeb, cuber, rebbe, rebec. | |
-4 letters: abbe, acre, babe, babu, barb, bare, bear, beau, beer, brae, bree, bura, carb, care, cere, crab, cube, curb, cure, ecru, race, rube, urea. | |
-5 letters: ace, arb, arc, are, bar, bee, bra, bub, bur, cab, car, cee, cub, cue, cur, ear, eau, ebb. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-c-e-e-r-u" | |
+1 letter: barbecued, barbecuer, barbecues. | |
+2 letters: barbecuers. | |
+4 letters: unbreachable. | |
+5 letters: undescribable. | |
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