Plural of skewer
regular plural
The plural of skewer is skewers.
Forms of skewer
| Singular | skewer /ˈskjuː.ə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | skewers |
| Countable | countable |
Skewers in a sentence
- Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade.1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731
- As resident jester at the maverick journalism outlet The Free Press, Nellie Bowles scours the news for the absurd and hypocritical, and then skewers the best of the worst in her column, TGIF.2025 February 26, Roy Rivenburg, “Nellie Bowles of The Free Press punctures pretension left and right”, in The Christian Science Monitor
- Adidas : Grilled chicken feet skewers , marinated and cooked to perfection .2023 November 20, Andrej Rossi, Philippines Travel Guide, via tolino media, →ISBN. From the entry adidas
- Croyd bought three skewers of shaslik, lamb and peppers and tomatoes, richly spiced, dripping, and grilled almost black.1995, Sage Walker, chapter 7, in George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, Melinda M[arilyn] Snodgrass, editors, Black Trump: A Wild Card Mosaic…. From the entry shaslik
- Most modern spit-roasters have attachments for kebab skewers, and this is the best way of cooking these delicious foods.1972, Bee Nilson, “Spit-Roasting”, in Fondue, Flambé and Side Table Cooking, New York, N.Y.: Hippocrene Books, Inc, →ISBN, page 144. From the entry spit-roaster
Meaning of skewer
- noun A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
- noun Food served on a skewer.
- noun A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, exposes a less valuable piece.
Questions about the plural of skewer
- What is the plural of skewer?
- The plural of skewer is skewers.
- Is skewer countable?
- Skewer is a countable noun.
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