kebab

or ka·bob

[ kuh-bob ]

/ kəˈbɒb /

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noun

Usually kebabs . small pieces of meat or seafood seasoned or marinated and broiled, often with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, or other vegetables, usually on a skewer.

(in Indian English use) roast meat.

Digital Technology. kebab menu.

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Also ke·bob, ka·bab (for 1, 2) .

Origin of kebab

First recorded in 1665–75; from Arabic, from Hindi kabāb, from Turkish kebap “roast meat”

Words nearby kebab

Keating, Keaton, Keats, Keats, John, Keb, kebab, kebab menu, Kebbi, keblah, Keble, Kechua

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How to use kebab in a sentence

You’ll always find it on grilled meat, like kebab, grilled chicken, or lamb.
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I am sitting on the porch of a century-old farmhouse, eating kebabs and pilaf with David “Mas” Masumoto.
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Generously spoon and brush the marinade onto the kebabs, coating thoroughly.
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He mistrusted the “shish-kebab temperament” of the conductor, the Armenian Alexander Melik-Pashayev.
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“He would probably send me to the Taliban who would make a kebab of me,” he says.
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Even kebab-eaters, reeling from the pub, will grasp a plastic fork to spare their fingers from the grease.
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More important, we talked about our families, the best nontourist spots to hit, kebab joints, and antique map stores.
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He worked as a used car salesman for a time, owned a convenience store, and even a kebab shop.
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He got a huge garlicky kebab and ate it in the lee of a frozen ATM shelter, wolfing it without tasting it.
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British Dictionary definitions for kebab

kebab

/ (kəˈbæb) /

noun

a dish consisting of small pieces of meat, tomatoes, onions, etc, threaded onto skewers and grilled, generally over charcoalAlso called: shish kebab, kabob, cabob

Word Origin for kebab

C17: via Urdu from Arabic kabāb roast meat

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