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Is kebab a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word kebab is a Scrabble US word. The word kebab is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word kebab is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Valid words made from Kebab

You can make 20 words from 'kebab' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


5 letters words from 'kebab'

KEBAB 13 

4 letters words from 'kebab'

ABBE 8BABE 8
BAKE 10BEAK 10

3 letters words from 'kebab'

ABB 7AKE 7
BAE 5EBB 7
KAB 9KAE 7
KEA 7KEB 9

2 letters words from 'kebab'

AB 4AE 2
BA 4BE 4
EA 2KA 6

All 5 letters words made out of kebab

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word kebab. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in kebab.

Definitions and meaning of kebab

kebab

Alternative forms

  • kabaab, kabob, kebap, kabab, kebob

Etymology

From Arabic كَبَاب‎ (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /kəˈbæb/
  • Rhymes: -æb
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɪˈbæb/
  • Rhymes: -æb
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kɪˈbɑb/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

kebab (plural kebabs)

  1. (Britain) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
  2. (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
  3. (chemistry) The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
  4. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
  5. (slang, vulgar, Britain) The vulva.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

kebab (third-person singular simple present kebabs, present participle kebabbing, simple past and past participle kebabbed)

  1. (transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab
  2. (transitive, slang) To stab or skewer
    • 2003, Julian Roup, A Fisherman in the Saddle (page 32)
      I see myself and Quest falling over backwards and his body rolling off my legs, and that wicked metal pommel winking in the sun, having almost kebabbed me.

See also

  • gyros
  • shashlik
  • shawarma
  • souvlaki
  • suya

References

Further reading

  • kebab at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Noun

kebab m

  1. kebab (dish, whether shish kebab or donner kebab)

Related terms

  • šiškebab

Further reading

  • kebab in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب‎ (kabāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈbɑp/
  • Hyphenation: ke‧bab
  • Rhymes: -ɑp

Noun

kebab m (uncountable)

  1. kebab (seasoned meat grilled on a spit), esp. doner kebab

Derived terms

  • kebabtent
  • kebabzaak

Finnish

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب‎ (kabāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkebɑb/, [ˈke̞bɑb]
  • Rhymes: -ebɑb
  • Syllabification: ke‧bab

Noun

kebab

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (colloquial) kebbe

French

Alternative forms

  • kébab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke.bab/

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Further reading

  • “kebab” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب‎ (kabāb, “fried meat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈbab/, [keˈbäb]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧bàb

Noun

kebab m (invariable)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • (slang) bab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب‎ (kabāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keːbɑb/
  • Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebaber, definite plural kebabene)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Derived terms

  • hvalkebab
  • rullekebab

References

  • “kebab” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • (slang) bab

Etymology

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب‎ (kabāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keːbɑb/, /keːbɑːb/ (example of pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -ɑb

Noun

kebab m (definite singular kebaben, indefinite plural kebabar, definite plural kebabane)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Derived terms

  • kvalkebab
  • rullekebab

References

  • “kebab” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Turkish kebap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.bap/

Noun

kebab m inan

  1. doner kebab
  2. (colloquial, metonymically) A restaurant or bar that serves this food.

Usage notes

The incorrect genitive singular form kebaba is extremely common.

Declension

Noun

kebab m pers

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Muslim person, especially of Turkish descent

Declension

Derived terms

  • (noun) kebs

Further reading

  • kebab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kebab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

  1. kebab (Turkish dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈbab/, [keˈβaβ]

Noun

kebab m (plural kebabs)

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

kebab c

  1. kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)

Declension

Related terms


Source: wiktionary.org
  • cubes of meat cooked on a skewer.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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