Definition of kebab
: cubes of meat (such as lamb or beef) marinated and cooked with vegetables usually on a skewer
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The meat -- pork for the al pastor and beef or the arabes -- is roasted on a vertical spit, called a trompo, like doner kebab or gyro meat.
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This street-meat cart sells kebabs and Italian sausage.
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Billboards of real estate agents with Iranian surnames advertising their services dot a street where restaurateurs sell durian cakes, braised pigs feet with seaweed, and Middle Eastern kebabs.
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Tiny gems include donut bars and Viking bars, poke shops and coffee shops, bistros and briskets, kebabs, pho, burgers, pizza and speakeasies.
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Sunrise adds Pincho Factory Burger and kebab specialty shop Pincho Factory has opened a new location at 133 Northwest 136th Avenue in Sunrise.
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There will be octopus with shawarma spice, my grandmother’s lamb kebabs over charcoal.
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To continue reading this story, TRY IT NOW Feast backs up the glam with top-flight cocktails, lamb kebabs, an upmarket cheeseburger and mussels unafraid to flex some high-spice muscle.
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At a glance, the Dyafa lunch menu has the spirit of Assil’s Fruitvale bakery Reem’s California with dishes like fattoush ($10) and flatbread wraps like shish tawook chicken kebab ($13) and the kefta burger ($13).
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Origin and Etymology of kebab
ultimately from Arabic or Persian kabāb, from Turkish kebap
KEBAB Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of kebab for English Language Learners
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: a dish made by pushing a long, thin stick (called a skewer) through pieces of meat and vegetables and cooking them on a grill
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