Usually means: Grilled meat on a skewer.
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  1. kebab: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. kebab: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kebab: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. kebab: Collins English Dictionary
  5. kebab: Vocabulary.com
  6. Kebab, kebab: Wordnik
  7. kebab: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. kebab: Wiktionary
  9. kebab: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. kebab: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. kebab: Dictionary.com
  12. kebab: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. kebab: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Kebab: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. kebab: Rhymezone
  16. Kebab (nt), kebab, kebab, kebab (de), kebab (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. kebab: Free Dictionary
  18. kebab: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. kebab: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See kebabing as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
noun:  (Australia) A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.
noun:  (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
noun:  A restaurant that sells kebabs
noun:  (chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
noun:  (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
noun:  (slang, vulgar, UK) The vulva.
noun:  (graphical user interface) A menu icon of three vertical dots.
verb:  (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To stab or skewer.

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