Kebab

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  kebab \kebab\, kebob \kebob\, n.
     See {kabab} and {kabob}.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Cabob \Ca*bob"\, n. [Hindi kab[=a]b] [Now more commonly spelled
     {kabob}.]
     1. A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer;
        -- so called in Turkey and Persia. [Also spelled {kebab},
        {kebob}, or {kabab}.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and
        sweet herbs. --Wright.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {shish cabob} See {shish kebob}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kebab
       n : cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with
           vegetables [syn: {kabob}, {shish kebab}]