skewer
a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
any similar pin for fastening or holding an item in place.
to fasten with or as if with a skewer.
Origin of skewer
1Other words from skewer
- un·skew·ered, adjective
Words that may be confused with skewer
- skew, skewer
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How to use skewer in a sentence
Chicken satay and shrimp cocktail are also good options, as you can watch the skewers and tails stack up.
12 Thanksgiving Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work | DailyBurn | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe skewers the Nature Conservancy for sponsoring oil drilling on their property for profit.
Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’ Will Change Nothing | Michael Signer | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUsing skewers/tooth picks, attach monkey bread, Cinnabons, and churros to battleship.
Epic Meal Empire’s Meat Monstrosities: From the Bacon Spider to the Cinnabattleship | Harley Morenstein | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAttaching food with skewers, toothpicks, fishing line, and twine.
Epic Meal Empire’s Meat Monstrosities: From the Bacon Spider to the Cinnabattleship | Harley Morenstein | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWithin days, grilled lamb skewers spiced with cumin and chili were back on the street.
In cookery, small skewers, generally of silver, with ornamental heads.
The better way is to tie it with a string, because the skewers will make holes and permit the juice to escape.
I should like to stick red-hot skewers through the writer, whose style is as sprawling as his handwriting.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) | George EliotThe average number of skewers delivered daily with the provender, by each dogs'-meat cart or barrow was thirty-six.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II | VariousFasten together with skewers or tie by wrapping a cord around the roll.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
British Dictionary definitions for skewer
/ (ˈskjʊə) /
a long pin for holding meat in position while being cooked, etc
a similar pin having some other function
chess a tactical manoeuvre in which an attacked man is made to move and expose another man to capture
(tr) to drive a skewer through or fasten with a skewer
Origin of skewer
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