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The correct spelling is barbeques.
How to pronounce barbeques
noun
Say it like: Bar-bek-wes
The correct spelling is barbeques. A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium. For example: "We cooked our food on the barbecue."
Usage Examples
“We cooked our food on the barbecue.”
“We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.”
“She ordered a plate of barbecue with a side of slaw.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
- 2.A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.
- 3.Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded.
- 4.A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
- 5.A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
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