barbecue

Definitions

1. 1.A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole.
2. 2.A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
3. 3.To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron. They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. Stedman.
4. 4.To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. Pope.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole called?
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