Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dish consisting of pieces of seasoned meat and sometimes vegetables roasted on skewers and served with condiments.
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- noun Small
cubes of any kind ofmeat ,fowl orfish with or withoutvegetables that areskewered on a wooden or metalstick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire.
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- noun cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Armenian shish kabab, from Turkish şiş kebabı : şiş, skewer + kebabı, qualifying (possessive) form of kebap, roasted meat (probably from Arabic kabāb, cooked meat in small pieces, possibly from Aramaic kabbābā, burning, charring, from kabbeb, to char, roast, probably from Akkadian kabābu, to burn; see kbb in Semitic roots).]
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From Turkish şiş kebap, şiş kebabı.
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