barbecue
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 →
2) An outdoor meal or party where food is cooked like this. tree →
3) To cook food on a barbecue. tree →
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 →
- Dad barbecued sausages and corn. tree →
- Keep away from the hot barbecue. tree →
- Make sure the chicken is cooked right through. tree →
- We're invited to a barbecue on Saturday. tree →
- Pass the barbecue sauce, please. tree →
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.
- Burning charcoal gives off carbon monoxide, an invisible poisonous gas, so barbecues must never be brought indoors or into a tent.
- A barbecue stays hot for hours, and fuel must never be squirted onto it because it flares up.
- At a barbecue Dad's friend Phil makes a nasty joke about Mum's cooking in front of everyone.
- In Toronto, Sofia meets her dad's partner's two girls at a barbecue.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «barbecue» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.