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kibab

kibab is the obsolete form of kebab.

Meaning of kebab

Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

  1. (Australia, UK) A hand-held dish consisting of slices of meat or fish roasted on an upright skewer, usually mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and served in flatbread, especially a doner kebab.
  2. (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
  3. (India) A dish made from shaped minced meat, usually grilled on a skewer but sometimes formed into a patty and fried or baked.
    • A kebab that is also popular in Iran and Afghanistan is shammi kebab - a disk-shaped patty resembling a hamburger made of spiced ground meat and chickpeas beaten until they are light and airy and lightly sautéed in a pan.2013 September 9, Bruce Kraig, Colleen Taylor Sen, Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 172
  4. A restaurant that sells kebabs
    • Let's go to the kebab after the club.
  5. The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
  6. (ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.

See all 10 meanings of kebab

Forms of kibab

pluralkibabs

Questions about kibab

What is kibab the obsolete form of?
Kibab is the obsolete form of kebab.

Words near kibab in the dictionary

  1. Kiawahs
  2. kiawe
  3. kiawes
  4. Kiayi
  5. Kib
  6. kibab
  7. kibabs
  8. Kibalo
  9. kibanja
  10. kibanjas
  11. Kibawe

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