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shaslik

shaslik is the alternative spelling of shashlik.

Meaning of shashlik

Noun

shashlik (countable and uncountable, plural shashliks or shashliki)

  1. A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.
    • Men entered the room bearing skewers of tikas—kebabs or shashliki, we would call them—spitted chunks of lamb that had been roasted with onions and other seasoning.1958 May, Christopher Rand, “Journey Through the Khyber Pass”, in Ted Patrick, editor, Holiday, volume 23, number 5, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, →ISSN, page 158, column 2

Forms of shaslik

pluralshasliks

Questions about shaslik

What is shaslik the alternative spelling of?
Shaslik is the alternative spelling of shashlik.

Words near shaslik in the dictionary

  1. shashlyks
  2. Shashti
  3. Shashvat
  4. Shashwat
  5. Shasi
  6. shaslik
  7. shasliks
  8. shasqua
  9. shasquas
  10. shass
  11. Shasta

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