barbeque
/bˈɑɹbɪkjˌu/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.70 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative spelling of barbecue (“apparatus for grilling; cookout (event); meat cooked by barbecuing”).
Countable; Uncountable
verb
Example Sentences
- "She dipped her finger in a steaming portable spa and inhaled the heavenly scent of fair food, from slow-roasted barbeque beef sandwiches at the Young Life booth to Bavarian bratwurst at the Mount Baker Barbershop Singers’ grill."
- "‘This will be slaughtered for barbeque meat and beef stew on Sunday.’"
- "When they arrived, Masha and Natasha joined the other girls in the kitchen, and Pasha scurried Seth out into the great outdoors with the men to barbeque shashliki, a delicious Russian marinated meat."