kebab
noun/kɪˈbæb/
/kɪˈbɑːb/
(North American English also kabob)
(also shish kebab especially in North American English)
- small pieces of meat and vegetables cooked on a wooden or metal stick see also doner kebabTopics Foodb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryKebab is used before these nouns:
- van
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Arabic kabāb, partly via Urdu, Persian, and Turkish.Want to learn more?
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