kebab

ke·bab

or ke·bob also ka·bob (kə-bŏb′)

Shish kebab.

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kebab

(kəˈbæb)

(Cookery) a dish consisting of small pieces of meat, tomatoes, onions, etc, threaded onto skewers and grilled, generally over charcoal. Also called: shish kebab, kabob or cabob

[C17: via Urdu from Arabic kabāb roast meat]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ke•bab

or ka•bob

(kəˈbɒb)

n.

small pieces of meat or seafood seasoned or marinated and broiled, often with peppers, onions, or other vegetables, on a skewer.

[1665–75; < Arabic, Hindi]

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Noun

kebab - cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables

kabob, shish kebab

dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"

souvlaki, souvlakia - made of lamb

Translations

كَبابكَبَابٌ

kebab

kebabgrillspyd

kebab

kebab

カバブ

케밥

kebabas

kebabs

kebab

món thịt nướng kebab

印度烤腌羊肉串烤肉串

kebab

[kəˈbæb] N → kebab m, pincho m moruno, anticucho m (Peru, Bol, Chile)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kebab

[kəˈbæb] n → kébab m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

kebab

n → Kebab m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

kebab

[kəˈbæb] n → kebab m inv (spiedino di carne e verdura)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

kebab

(kiˈbӕb) noun

small pieces of meat etc, usually cooked on a skewer. They ate kebabs and rice in the Indian restaurant.

kebab

→ كَبَابٌ kebab kebab Kebab κεμπάπ pincho kebab brochette kebab kebab カバブ 케밥 kebab kebab kebab espetinho, kebab кебаб kebab เนื้อและผักชิ้นเล็กเสียบด้วยไม้เสียบแล้วย่าง kebap món thịt nướng kebab 烤肉串

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BURGERS & KEBAB BBQ BOX PS10, MARKS & SPENCER, FOOD TO ORDER SERVING eight people, this tasty box includes four caramelised onion and cheddar cheese beef burgers, eight barbecue spiced beef meatball kebabs, four lamb shish kebabs and four British Aberdeen Angus beef burgers.

AVENUE BBQ; It's the perfect weather for a barbecue, so here are some summer sizzlers to try at home

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Scottish-headquartered German Doner Kebab (GDK) has announced plans to expand into Saudi Arabia.

German Doner Kebab announces Saudi expansion plans

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If it can be cooked, cocktail bar chain the Botanist will turn it into a 'hanging kebab'.

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WALES' best kebab shops have been revealed after hundreds of thousands of takeaway lovers voted for their favourites.

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GET your napkins at the ready as a festival devoted to the kebab is back.

Kebabs from around the world will be served up at festival

The best kebab houses in Wales have just been announced ahead of a glittering ceremony in London.

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MINGORA -- The business of Chapli kebab is thriving in the bazaars across Swat district because of the intense cold as almost every outlet selling the delicacy is swarmed with the customers.