shish kebab
A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on…A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on a wooden or metal stick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire.
» Mary cooked shish kebab for her nephews.
Maria hat ihren Neffen „Şiş kebap“ gemacht.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on a wooden or metal stick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire.
schisch kebab
шашлы́кšašlýk, шиш-кеба́бšiš-kebáb
(countable)A crystal structure consisting of a central spine (the shish) and disks or lumps growing out from it (the kebab).
- cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
Examples
5 sentencesMary cooked shish kebab for her nephews.
deMaria hat ihren Neffen „Şiş kebap“ gemacht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Can you put the shish kebabs on the grill?
We're cooking shish kebabs.
Want a shish kebab?
Let's order twenty shish kebabs!
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Turkish şiş kebap, from şiş (“skewer”) + kebap (“kebab”).From Turkish şiş kebap, from şiş (“skewer”) + kebap (“kebab”).
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Forms
plural: shish kebabsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable