Barbecue vs. Picnic

Barbecuenoun

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

Barbecuenoun

A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.

Barbecuenoun

Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded.

Barbecuenoun

(dated) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

Barbecuenoun

A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

Barbecuenoun

(obsolete) A framework of sticks.

Barbecueverb

To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.

Barbecueverb

To grill.

Barbecuenoun

a framework of metal or brick, usually with a grill on top, in which a fire is lighted and on which food is cooked, usually outdoors; - also called a barbecue grill.

Barbecuenoun

A social entertainment, where people assemble, usually in the open air, at which a meal is prepared on a barbecue grill.

Barbecuenoun

A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

Barbecuenoun

A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

Barbecueverb

To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.

Barbecueverb

To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.

Barbecuenoun

meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

Barbecuenoun

a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit

Barbecuenoun

a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

Barbecueverb

cook outdoors on a barbecue grill;

Barbecuenoun

a meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors on a rack over an open fire or on a special appliance

Barbecuenoun

a rack or appliance used for the preparation of food at a barbecue

Barbecuenoun

food cooked on a barbecue

Barbecueverb

cook (food) on a barbecue

Barbecue

Barbecue or barbeque (informally BBQ in the UK and US, barbie in Australia and braai in South Africa) is a term used with significant regional and national variations to describe various cooking methods which use live fire and smoke to cook the food. The term is also generally applied to the devices associated with those methods, the broader cuisines that these methods produce, and the meals or gatherings at which this style of food is cooked and served.

Picnicnoun

An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.

Picnicnoun

The meal eaten at such a gathering.

Picnicnoun

(figurative) An easy or pleasant task.

Picnicnoun

(obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.

Picnicverb

To eat a picnic.

Picnicnoun

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

Picnicverb

To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.

Picnicnoun

a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

Picnicnoun

any undertaking that is easy to do;

Picnicnoun

any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion

Picnicverb

eat alfresco, in the open air;

Picnic

A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (al fresco) as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theater performance, and usually in summer. Picnics are usually meant for the late mornings or midday, but could also be held later in the day.