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.
- And I really must finish this kebab from the chippy.
- I should note that kebab is always short for shish kebab.
- What do you call a kebab that froths at the mouth and sings 'I'm burning up on you'?
- Speaking of cultural exchange - the kebab is the offering of a recovering vegetarian.
- Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest skewer of kebab meat.
- Floral arrangements will also include the word "kebab" - from one of her infamous Big Brother moments - and a
- If a kebab is what you’re craving, slice the sausage into inch-thick chunks and rehydrate a few sun-dried tomatoes and dehydrated ’shrooms.
- You get a little voucher thingy, and go to get your drink, then go to get your kebab, which is just a roll with lamb in it (it was really good)
- Matt recommended the chicken, but I was also curious about the lamb (which they were out of yesterday) and the kobideh kebab, which is a mixture of ground beef and spices.
- This vegetarian version of the kebab is filled with green goodies like green peas and spinach, as Manasi of A Cook At Heart shows in her mouth-watering recipe for Hara Bhara Kebab.
- There was a time, not long ago, when it appeared that currywurst might be knocked off its mantle as the most popular fast food, said Eberhard Seidel, who wrote a book about the challenger: the doner kebab, which is effectively the same as a gyro, or a shawarma, but retrofitted to German taste, slathered in a choice of sauces.