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noun
a dish consisting of kabobs broiled or roasted on a skewer.
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Shish kebab
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shish kebab
1914, from Armenian shish kabab, from Turk. siskebap, from sis "skewer" + kebap "roast meat."
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shish kebab
dish of small pieces of lamb threaded on a skewer and cooked over an open fire. The name of the dish is derived from the Turkish sis, a spit or skewer, and kebab, mutton or lamb. Variants of this dish are found throughout the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus. In Greece it is called arni souvlakia, in the Caucasus shashlyk.
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