Barbeque

/ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/ noun

A method of cooking meat slowly over indirect heat and smoke, or the social gathering where such food is cooked and eaten.

From Spanish 'barbacoa,' which likely originated from Taíno (Caribbean indigenous language) 'barabicu,' referring to a wooden frame used for cooking. The word traveled through Spanish colonial trade routes into English in the 17th century.

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