What is the meaning of barbecue?

noun

• Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce.
  • synonyms: barbeque
• A cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit.
  • synonyms: barbeque
• A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors.
  • synonyms: barbeque

verb

• Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill.
  • usage: "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest"
  • synonyms: barbeque, cook out