Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Meat, especially beef, chicken, or lamb, that is roasted slowly on a spit and wrapped in pita bread, traditionally served with lettuce, tomato, and garlic sauce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
Middle Eastern sandwich-likewrap of shavedlamb , goat, chicken, turkey,beef , or a mixture thereof.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word shawarma.
Examples
-
Sunday, June 14, 2009 · 1. Wifi on the inter-city bus 2. Bloody steak on a hot patio 3. Falling asleep to the insanely loud purr of a cat just outside the bedroom door 4. The feel of soft leather on completely unaffordable shoes 5. That whenever I see the word shawarma, I sing "ma ma ma my shawarma" to The Knack's "My Sharona" in my head
-
Arabic shops who sell the so-called shawarma variety, sometimes add cinnamon, coriander seeds and pomegranate juice.
Reader - MassLive.com The Associated Press 2010
-
Arabic shops who sell the so-called shawarma variety, sometimes add cinnamon, coriander seeds and pomegranate juice.
Brudirect News1 Kirsten Grieshaber 2010
-
I guess i can stop calling shawarma "liberty meat" but I'm still calling sauerkraut "liberty cabbage"
-
Again, in NYC I think places will sometimes advertize "shawarma" or "doner" to signify they're not serving Kronos formed meat, but that's just marketing and likely has little to do with where the vender is actually from.
Serious Eats The Culinary Ambassador Corps 2010
-
As you walk through the city, your mouth will water when you smell shawarma cooking on a spit.
Jennifer Langione: Carpe Diem in Granada Jennifer Langione 2011
-
As you walk through the city, your mouth will water when you smell shawarma cooking on a spit.
Jennifer Langione: Carpe Diem in Granada Jennifer Langione 2011
-
And tacos Árabes and tacos al pastor, descended from shawarma and doner kebabs.
-
As you walk through the city, your mouth will water when you smell shawarma cooking on a spit.
Jennifer Langione: Carpe Diem in Granada Jennifer Langione 2011
-
As you walk through the city, your mouth will water when you smell shawarma cooking on a spit.
Jennifer Langione: Carpe Diem in Granada Jennifer Langione 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.