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Meaning of kebab | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
kəˈbæb

Definitions

  1. A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
  2. 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.
  3. A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
    US
  4. A restaurant that sells kebabs
  5. The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
  6. A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
  7. The vulva.
  8. A menu icon of three vertical dots.

Equivalents

العربية كباب
Čeština kebab
Deutsch Kebab
Ελληνικά κεμπάπ
Suomi kebab kebbe kebu
Français kébab
हिन्दी कबाब
Italiano kebab
한국어 케밥
Kurdî kebab
Latina alchiebabat
Svenska kebab
Türkçe kebap

Examples

“Let's go to the kebab after the club.”

CEFR level

C2
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