shish kebab

== English == === Alternative forms === shishkebab, shish kabob, shish kebob, shishkabob, shish kabab, shishkebob === Etymology === From Turkish şiş kebap, from şiş (“skewer”) + kebap (“kebab”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌʃɪʃkəˈbæb/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪʃkəbɑb/ === Noun === shish kebab (countable and uncountable, plural shish kebabs) A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on a wooden or metal stick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire. (chemistry, countable) A crystal structure consisting of a central spine (the shish) and disks or lumps growing out from it (the kebab). 1968, A. J. Pennings, Liquid-Crystal Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions, from Characterization of Macromolecular Structure, proceedings of a conference April 5–7, 1967, Warrenton, Virginia, page 219: The fibrillar crystals, which are known as shish-kebabs, develop when a 0.5% solution of polyethylene in xylene is cooled off at the rate of 1°C per hour with stirring… 2007, Lingyu Li, Bing Li, Steve L. Kodjie, and Christopher Y. Li, Polyolefin Composites, ed. Domasius Nwabunma and Thein Kyu, chapter 18 Crystallization Behavior of Polyethylene/Carbon Nanotube Composites, section 18.3.1 PE/CNT Nanohybrid Shish-Kebabs Via Solution Crystallization, page 528: A shish-kebab polymer crystal usually consists of a central fibril (shish) and disk-shaped folded-chain lamellae (kebab) oriented perpendicularly to the shish as shown in Fig. 18.3a. 2013, Wenbing Hu, Polymer Physics: A Molecular Approach, section 10.3 Crystalline Structures of Polymers, page 207: Such a shish-kebab-like crystal morphology is often called shish-kebab crystals. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === “shish kebab”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. shish kebab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “shish kebab, shishkebab, shish kabob, shish kebob, shishkabob, shish kabab, shishkebob”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. == Finnish == === Etymology === Turkish şiş kebap === Noun === shish kebab shish kebab (roasted meat dish) ==== Declension ====