kebab

3 definitions found

kebab - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

  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]

kebab - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kebab
      n 1: cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with
           vegetables [syn: kabob, kebab, shish kebab]