Britain ['b bkju] America ['b bkju]

Barbecue; Barbecue; gridiron

Roast

Examples and usage

Used as a noun (n.)

The rain loused up the barbecue.

The rain spoiled the barbecue.

If you're not busy Sunday, we'd love to have you both over for a barbecue.

If you are free on Sunday, we'd like to invite you two to have a barbecue.

We can't calculate on having good weather for the barbecue.

We can't expect to have a barbecue in fine weather.

I put another steak on the barbecue.

I put another steak on the grill.

Used as a verb (v.)

Now and then we like to barbecue chicken in the back yard.

We occasionally roast chicken in the back yard.

morphological change

Past tense: barbecued past participle: barbecued present participle: barbecued third person singular: barbecued