kebab

/kəˈbɑb/

/kɪˈbæb/

Other forms: kebabs

A kebab is a dish of vegetables, meat, or seafood cut into pieces, skewered, and cooked on a grill. On the first day of summer, your family might like to cook kebabs and have all the neighbors over.

In the U.S., a kebab is generally understood to be a shish kebab — marinated cubes of meat alternating with chunks of onion, green pepper, or other veggies on a long skewer and cooked over a fire. English speakers outside of North America are more familiar with the doner kebab, a sandwich similar to a gyro or shawarma, with sliced meat served in a flatbread. The Arabic root word, kabāb, means "roasted meat."

Definitions of kebab

1. noun

   cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables
   synonyms: kabob, shish kebab

   types:

   souvlaki, souvlakia

   a Greek dish of chunks of meat, often lamb, cooked on skewers

   type of:

   dish

   a particular item of prepared food