Words / A2

ki-BAB/kɪˈbæb/

A kebab is meat or vegetables cooked on a stick: a chicken kebab, kebab shop, lamb kebab. British high streets often have a kebab shop for late food. Grill is how it is cooked. Sandwich is bread around a filling; a kebab may come in bread or on a stick. Do not write cabin for kebab.

Meaning

Pieces of meat or vegetables cooked on a stick.

Examples

• “We bought a kebab on the way home.”
• “We shared a vegetable kebab after the match.”
• “The kebab shop by the station stays open late.”

Good to know

a chicken / vegetable kebab. Place: kebab shop. Mix-up: cabin.

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