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# barbecue

«barbecue» in Mova's school dictionary: **A metal grill or frame used for cooking food outdoors…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a barbecue, barbecues; also BBQ, barbie in Australia); verb (barbecue, barbecues, barbecued, barbecuing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A metal grill or frame used for cooking food outdoors over hot coals, wood or gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/#m1)

2) An outdoor meal or party where food is cooked like this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/#m2)

3) To cook food on a barbecue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, families in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and elsewhere have barbecues in summer. In safety lessons, children keep away from a hot barbecue, never play near it, and an adult must be in charge; meat must be cooked right through. Phrases: have a barbecue, barbecue sauce, throw a barbecue, a barbie (Australia).

### examples

- We had a barbecue in the back garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/#x1)
- Dad barbecued sausages and corn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/#x2)
- Keep away from the hot barbecue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/#x3)
- Make sure the chicken is cooked right through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/#x4)
- We're invited to a barbecue on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/#x5)
- Pass the barbecue sauce, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/#x6)

### note

Countable. Also written "BBQ" and, in Australia and New Zealand, "barbie" (informal). Spelling: barbecue (not "barbeque" in careful writing). Safety: a barbecue stays hot long after cooking, and you should never use one indoors.

### In the corpora

- [A sausage at a barbecue is mostly minced pork, and pork is meat from a pig.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/0/)
- [Burning charcoal gives off carbon monoxide, an invisible poisonous gas, so barbecues must never be brought indoors or into a tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/16/)
- [A barbecue stays hot for hours, and fuel must never be squirted onto it because it flares up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/116-home-alone-keys-and-garden-play/6/)
- [At a barbecue Dad's friend Phil makes a nasty joke about Mum's cooking in front of everyone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/15/)
- [In Toronto, Sofia meets her dad's partner's two girls at a barbecue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «barbecue» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbecue/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.