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 Definitions of skewer  [ˈskyu ər]  

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Definition of 'skewer' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) skewer
a long pin for inserting through meat or other food to hold it while cooking.

2.  skewer
any similar pin for fastening or holding an item in place.

3. (v.t.) skewer
to fasten with or as if with a skewer.

Etymology:  (1670–80; akin to earlier skiver, of obscure orig.)

Definition of 'skewer' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) skewer
a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted

2. (verb) skewer, spit
drive a skewer through
"skewer the meat for the BBQ"


Definition of 'skewer' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) skewer
a pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting

2. (verb) skewer
to fasten with skewers


Translation of 'skewer' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a long pin of wood or metal for keeping meat together while roasting
Put the cubes of meat on a skewer.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vleispen Arabic flag Arabic: سيخ صَغير Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шиш
Brazilian flag Brazilian: espeto Czech flag Czech: špejle, jehla German flag German: der Spieß
Danish flag Danish: grilllspyd Greek flag Greek: σουβλάκι Spanish flag Spanish: brocheta, pincho
Estonian flag Estonian: küpsetusvarras Farsi flag Farsi: سيخ كباب Finnish flag Finnish: varras
French flag French: broche(tte) Hebrew flag Hebrew: שִׁפּוּד Hindi flag Hindi: सीख
Croatian flag Croatian: ražnjić, šipčica za meso Hungarian flag Hungarian: nyárs Indonesian flag Indonesian: tusukan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kjötprjónn/-teinn Italian flag Italian: spiedo, spiedino Japanese flag Japanese: くし
Korean flag Korean: 꼬챙이 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: iešmas Latvian flag Latvian: iesms
Malay flag Malay: pencucuk Dutch flag Dutch: vleespin Norwegian flag Norwegian: grillspyd
Polish flag Polish: rożen, szpikulec Persian flag Persian: سيخ كباب Pashto flag Pashto: سيخ (دكباب): په سيخ پييل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: espeto Romanian flag Romanian: frigăruie Russian flag Russian: вертел, шампур
Slovak flag Slovak: špajdľa, ihlica, ražeň Slovenian flag Slovenian: ražnjič Serbian flag Serbian: štap za ražnjiće
Swedish flag Swedish: steknål, grillspett Thai flag Thai: ไม้เสียบ Turkish flag Turkish: şiş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 烤肉叉,串肉棒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: невеликий рожен Urdu flag Urdu: سیخ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cái xiên Chinese flag Chinese: 烤肉叉,扦,棒

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