BARBECUED

barbecued, grilled

(adjective) cooked over an outdoor grill

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

barbecued (comparative more barbecued, superlative most barbecued)

Cooked on a barbecue.

Verb

barbecued

simple past tense and past participle of barbecue

Source: Wiktionary


BARBECUE

Bar"be*cue, n. Etym: [In the language of Indians of Guiana, a frame on which all kinds of flesh and fish are roasted or smoke-dried.]

1. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

2. A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole.

3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

Bar"be*cue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbecued (; p. pr. & vb. n. Barbecuing.]

1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron. They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. Stedman.

2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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