kebab
IPA: kʌbˈɑb
noun
- (Britain) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
- (Australia) A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.
- (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
- A restaurant that sells kebabs
- (chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
- (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
- (slang, vulgar, UK) The vulva.
- (graphical user interface) A menu icon of three vertical dots.
verb
- (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab
- (transitive, slang) To stab or skewer
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Examples of "kebab" in Sentences
- There is a kebab shop on every corner.
- It can be classified as a type of kebab.
- Shawarma is basically identical to kebab.
- It is the Japanese version of shish kebab.
- There are chains of kebab and falafel stores.
- Shamsis are known for their fondness for kebabs.
- The cooking is different from that of the kebab.
- Actually it is the first doner kebab in the world.
- I should note that kebab is always short for shish kebab.
- Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest skewer of kebab meat.
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