Alternative Spelling guide

barbeque

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 R B IH0 K Y UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative spelling of barbecue (“apparatus for grilling; cookout (event); meat cooked by barbecuing”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of barbecue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, proscribed, sometimes

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barbecue

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rack

4

noun

Meaning 4

a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barbecue

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cookout

5

noun

Meaning 5

meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barbecue

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

6

verb

Meaning 6

cook outdoors on a barbecue grill

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • let's barbecue that meat
  • We cooked out in the forest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barbecue, cook out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grill

History

Etymology

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