Library / English Dictionary

COOKOUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cookout" is a kind of...):

picnic (any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cookout"):

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

clambake (a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed)

fish fry (a cookout where fried fish is the main course)

weenie roast; wiener roast (a cookout where roasted frankfurters are the main course)

burgoo (a gathering at which burgoo stew is served)

Derivation:

cook out (cook outdoors on a barbecue grill)

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