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Word entry · 8 letters

barbacoa

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"Pit-cooked meat"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˌbɑː(ɹ)bəˈkoʊ.ə/Sorted aaabbcorStarts with BEnds with A1 clues
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Definitions

  1. Barbacoa is meat that has been slow-cooked over an open fire.

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa (whence also barbecue), from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”.

Used in a sentence

  • At first Andablo tried to make barbacoa with cow heads, but something about American beef didn't taste right. "

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01Pit-cooked meat8 letters

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