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barbecue

noun

variants also barbeque

Definition of barbecue

as in roast

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Recent Examples of barbecue This week in metro Atlanta, check out food events including a barbecue and bluegrass festival in McDonough, a cookbook revival dinner at the High Museum of Art and a conversation with cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi. — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The traditional Wednesday night barbecue from the Bahrain event also made a return. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The later event was planned to take place at a Lenexa barbecue restaurant but appears to have been moved to a new location. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 As a Food Network star and all-around beast on the barbecue circuit, chef Erica Barrett knows a thing or two about fire. — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for barbecue

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There’s a small kitchen in each, but your best bet is to trundle over to the neighboring pub for fish and chips, lamb chops, or a Sunday roast.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
After 24 hours, cut the roast in half and slice as thinly as possible using a deli slicer or electric knife.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of roast

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In the third episode, Simon’s family hosts a birthday cookout in his childhood home, in the predominately Hispanic neighborhood of Pacoima, Los Angeles.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
The mass cookout came on Heritage Day, a national holiday where people in multiracial and multicultural South Africa are encouraged to show off and celebrate their own specific heritage.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of cookout

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However, there’s no record of a fire affecting The Flagship or Bourdain throwing a clambake as a scam (although there were annual clambakes hosted by various chefs).

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
The Tony team always knew that their film would end in a clambake.

— Samantha Bergeson, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of clambake

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Luau – Celebrating its decennial this year, Aulani's on-property luau had a strong sense of place.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Once everything is cooked, everyone pitches in to remove and serve the food for a neighborhood-style luau with storytelling by Maunakea and some of the other staff members.

— Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Definition of luau

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