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What (who) is Skewer - definition

POINTED BAR FOR FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVING

Kushi (skewer); Japanese skewers; Shish Kebab; Skewered; Brochette; En Brochette; Shish köfte; Köfte kebab; List of Kebabs; Skewers; Broiling stick; Brochettes; سیخ

Skewer

·vt To fasten with skewers.

II. Skewer ·noun A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.

skewer

(skewers, skewering, skewered)

1.

A skewer is a long metal pin which is used to hold pieces of food together during cooking.

N-COUNT

2.

If you skewer something, you push a long, thin, pointed object through it.

He skewered his victim through the neck.

...skewered beef with vegetables.

VERB: V n prep, V-ed

skewer

¦ noun a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food together during cooking.

¦ verb fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer.

Origin

ME: of unknown origin.

Wikipedia

Skewer

A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold pieces of food together. The word may sometimes be used as a metonym, to refer to the entire food item served on a skewer, as in "chicken skewers". Skewers are used while grilling or roasting meats and fish, and in other culinary applications.

In English, brochette is a borrowing of the French word for skewer. In cookery, en brochette means 'on a skewer', and describes the form of a dish or the method of cooking and serving pieces of food, especially grilled meat or seafood, on skewers; for example "lamb cubes en brochette". Skewers are often used in a variety of kebab dishes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewer

Examples of use of Skewer

1. Where Americans today sue, Australians slash and skewer.

2. It will be a respectful debate." But he didn‘t hesitate to skewer her in his ad blasting the Woodstock earmark.

3. One man at Friday‘s ceremony drove a skewer through the bottom of his mouth and out his chin.

4. When choosing skewers, look for wide, flat ones – you want the meat to turn with the skewer, not to stay still on the grill while the skewer spins around uselessly inside it.

5. Unless Cameron moves fast to correct this, Brown and Labour will skewer him on this, day after day.