barbecue

noun

variants also barbeque
Definition of barbecuenext
as in roast

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Recent Examples of barbecue While characters inside this North Carolina barbecue move from grizzled to gaudy, Cunningham ensures the soul of Juicy is grounded. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025 Residents, however, may still use barbecues, smokers or small cooking pits. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025 The Amigos de Vista Lions will prepare a barbecue lunch. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025 Bell is particularly proud of RoCo’s sauces, including jaco sauce, a barbecue-teriyaki sauce named after picturesque Jaco Beach in Costa Rica. — Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for barbecue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barbecue
  1. roast
  2. cookout
  3. fry
  4. clambake
  5. buffet
Noun
  • This shift towards smaller, more manageable meals means traditional heavy dishes like ham or lamb roasts – once staples – are replaced by lighter, more adaptable fare.
    — Food Drink Life, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The comedy series is both a loving tribute to Hollywood and a scathing roast of it.
    — Cat Cardenas, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
Definition of roast
Noun
  • When people get sick from a cookout, picnic, or potluck, a common dish that’s pointed to is the potato salad.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Martha Stewart Americana Star Gingham Plaid Table Runner Fourth of July is still a ways off, but here’s a chance to grab a 72-inch-long table runner that’s virtually guaranteed to get compliments from guests at your cookout.
    — Clint Davis, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of cookout
Noun
  • There are 18 beers on tap, most of which are Colorado brews; pub fare like brats, burgers and fries; and salads and poke.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2025
  • There is a lot of very traditional career advice in this book, with instructions on how to dress and talk in the workplace (avoid clothes that are too tight, no vocal fry or uptalking, one drink limit at the office party).
    — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Definition of fry
Noun
  • For example, a bride and a groom who once summered in Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, may want to highlight clambake memories in one course.
    — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Families can attend their famous weekly clambakes, take a ride on the vintage fire truck, go fishing, play foosball or life-size chess, run amuck on the playground, or take a splash in one of two outdoor heated pools.
    — Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of clambake
Noun
  • In fairness, a good breakfast buffet can offer an awful lot of satisfaction.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In truth, there is no single Southern accent, but rather a regionwide buffet of twangs and drawls.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of buffet

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