shish kebab
noun/ˈʃɪʃ kɪbæb/
/ˈʃɪʃ kɪbɑːb/
(especially North American English) (also kebab British and North American English)
- small pieces of meat and vegetables cooked on a wooden or metal stickTopics Foodc2Word Originfrom Turkish şiş kebap, from şiş ‘skewer’ + kebap ‘roast meat’.
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