shish kebab
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- noun
- /ˈʃɪʃ kɪˈbɑb/
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kebab
- He skewered chunks of chicken and vegetables to make a flavorful shish kebab for dinner.
- chicken shish kebabs
- lamb shish kebab
- make shish kebabs
If you want to practice doing shish kebabs, breath.
- If you want to practice doing shish kebabs, breath.
- And it's one of those girls that's got, it's just like a rectangular grill with like shish kebabs going across like like what I call Lulay.
Examples
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A macho man enters nibbling lamb off a shish kebab.
Fiction book (1994) -
A sirloin steak hits a grill beside a Tater Tot shish kebab and sizzles to beat the band.
Fiction book (1993) -
And we could make some shish kebabs for the critics.
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That's the shish kebab from the other night.
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I love shish kebab.
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That was six lamb burgers, four shish kebabs, a side order of couscous, and... two milk.
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At the barbecue, we enjoyed juicy shish kebabs made with marinated beef and colorful bell peppers.
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The restaurant serves delicious shish kebabs alongside fresh salads and pita bread.
Synonyms
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A dish of grilled pieces of meat on a stick, often with vegetables
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Pieces of meat and vegetables cooked on a stick
Pieces of meat on a stick grilled over coals, often with vegetables
Surface Forms
Morphology
shish + kebab
If a learner knows that 'shish' refers to a skewer (a Turkish loanword) and 'kebab' refers to meat on a skewer, the compound meaning — meat cooked on a skewer — is directly derivable from the parts. Although 'shish' may be unfamiliar to some learners, the composition (skewer + kebab) is transparent and follows an obvious culinary naming pattern.
Etymology
The noun shish kebab comes from Turkish words: shish meaning 'skewer' and kebab meaning 'grilled meat'. Imagine pieces of meat and vegetables pushed onto a stick and cooked over a fire, so shish kebab today means meat (often with vegetables) cooked on a skewer.