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    skewered
    /ˈskyo͞o(w)ərd/

    adjective

    • 1. (of pieces of food) fastened together or pierced with a pin or skewer: "grilled skewered meat served on couscous with grilled vegetables"

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  2. to criticize someone or something, or make an unkind joke about them, in a way that is very accurate or reveals the truth about them: The comedian skewered authority figures, corporate jargon, and mindless consumerism. The newspaper has often skewered developers and city officials. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

    • Skewer

      to put pieces of food, especially meat, on a skewer or other...

  3. 1. : a pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to keep it in form while roasting or to hold small pieces of meat or vegetables for broiling. 2. : any of various things shaped or used like a meat skewer. skewer. 2 of 2.

  4. to put pieces of food, especially meat, on a skewer or other long pointed object: Simply skewer the carrots, potatoes, leeks, and green pepper chunks. Shashlyk is a Russian dish of marinated lamb and onions, skewered and grilled. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  5. the "skewer" family. The pointed wooden stick you use to hold cubes of meat or vegetables together while they're cooking is called a skewer. You can also use a very long skewer to toast marshmallows over a campfire.

  6. 1. countable noun. A skewer is a long metal pin which is used to hold pieces of food together during cooking. 2. verb. If you skewer something, you push a long, thin, pointed object through it. She skewered the sardines through the mouth and put them onto the barbecue. [VERB noun preposition]

  7. skewer. noun. /ˈskjuːə (r)/. /ˈskjuːər/. a long thin pointed piece of metal or wood that is pushed through pieces of meat, vegetables, etc. to hold them together while they are cooking, or used to test whether something is completely cooked Topics Cooking and eating c2. Word Origin.

  8. a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking. any similar pin for fastening or holding an item in place. verb (used with object) to fasten with or as if with a skewer. skewer. / ˈskjʊə / noun. a long pin for holding meat in position while being cooked, etc.