kebob
noun
1.
Usually, kabobs. small pieces of meat or seafood seasoned or marinated and broiled, often with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, or other vegetables, usually on a skewer.
2.
(in Anglo-Indian use) roast meat.
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| —n | |
| shish kebab, kabob, Also called: cabob a dish consisting of small pieces of meat, tomatoes, onions, etc, threaded onto skewers and grilled, generally over charcoal | |
| [C17: via Urdu from Arabic kabāb roast meat] | |
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kebab
"pieces of meat roasted on a skewer," 1813 (see shish kebab).
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