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ke·bab
or ke·bob also ka·bob (kə-bŏb′)n.
Shish kebab.
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kebab
(kəˈbæb)n
(Cookery) a dish consisting of small pieces of meat, tomatoes, onions, etc, threaded onto skewers and grilled, generally over charcoal. Also called: shish kebab, kabob or cabob
[C17: via Urdu from Arabic kabāb roast meat]
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ke•bab
or ka•bob
(kəˈbɒb)n.
small pieces of meat or seafood seasoned or marinated and broiled, often with peppers, onions, or other vegetables, on a skewer.
[1665–75; < Arabic, Hindi]
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| Noun | 1. |  kebab - cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetablesdish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
kebab
(kiˈbӕb) noun small pieces of meat etc, usually cooked on a skewer. They ate kebabs and rice in the Indian restaurant. pincho moruno
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