Barbecue

Noun

• A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

  "We cooked our food on the barbecue."

• (dated) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
• 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.

  "She ordered a plate of barbecue with a side of slaw."

• A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.

  "We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited."

• A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

Verb

• To grill.
• To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.