skewer
noun
a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
skewers
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pluralof skewer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof skewer (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
skewernouna long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
Example Sentences
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For roughly $30 more, the Full Churrasco Experience allows lunchtime diners their fill of over a dozen different cuts of fire-roasted meat like chicken, lamb and beef served on skewers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
They’re surprisingly warm inside, and ours made a cozy setting for pork belly skewers, crab puffs and smoked cocktails.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Along the way, it skewers its lightning-rod targets with a precision too sharp to be considered entirely fictional.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"After all, food is still a primary need... so I feel there's a good future in it," he said before turning back to the grill to prep his next batch of skewers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Mom must have mentioned Dad’s preternatural kabob skills, because Mamou put him to work packing the ground beef for kabob koobideh onto skewers.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
