Barbecue vs. Roast

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.

Roastverb

To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.

Roastverb

To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.

Roastverb

To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat

Roastverb

To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.

Roastverb

To admonish someone vigorously

Roastverb

To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.

Roastverb

(metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

Roastnoun

A cut of meat suited to roasting

Roastnoun

A meal consisting of roast foods.

Roastnoun

The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.

Roastnoun

A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.

Roastadjective

Having been cooked by roasting.

Roastadjective

(figuratively) Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.

Roastverb

To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.

Roastverb

To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.

Roastverb

To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.

Roastverb

Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.

Roastverb

To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

Roastverb

To banter severely.

Roastverb

To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.

Roastverb

To undergo the process of being roasted.

Roastnoun

That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.

Roastadjective

Roasted; as, roast beef.

Roastnoun

a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

Roastnoun

negative criticism

Roastverb

cook with dry heat, usually in an oven;

Roastverb

subject to laughter or ridicule;

Roastadjective

(of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven

Roastverb

cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire

Roastverb

(of food) be cooked by roasting

Roastverb

process (a foodstuff, metal ore, etc.) by subjecting it to intense heat

Roastverb

make or become very warm, especially through exposure to the heat of the sun or a fire

Roastverb

criticize or reprimand severely

Roastverb

subject to good-natured ridicule

Roastadjective

(of food) having been roasted

Roastnoun

a joint of meat that has been roasted or that is intended for roasting

Roastnoun

the process of roasting something, especially coffee, or the result of this

Roastnoun

a particular type of roasted coffee

Roastnoun

an outdoor party at which meat of a particular type is roasted

Roastnoun

a banquet at which the guest of honour is subjected to good-natured ridicule.