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Word

kebab

Phoneticske·bab

US/kəˈbɑb/

UK/kəbˈæb/

Definition

n. a dish of small pieces of meat and vegetables cooked on a metal or wooden stick. You often find them at street food stalls or casual restaurants.

n. a dish consisting of small pieces of meat, poultry, or vegetables that are seasoned and grilled on a skewer. Often associated with Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and South Asian cuisines.

Examples

“We cooked a chicken kebab on the grill for dinner.”

“After the concert, the group stopped at a local stand for a spicy lamb kebab.”

Examples

simple

“We cooked a chicken kebab on the grill for dinner.”

contextual

“After the concert, the group stopped at a local stand for a spicy lamb kebab.”

Usage

Countable when referring to the individual skewer or the specific dish; occasionally uncountable when referring to the meat itself in a generic sense.

Etymology

From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Domain

Chemistry

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Level
A2 · Elementary
Frequency
Occasional
Updated

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