Skewer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A long metal or wooden pin used to secure or suspend food during cooking; a spit.
  • n. Any of various picks or rods having a function or shape similar to a skewer.
  • v. To hold together or pierce with or as if with a skewer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
  • n. A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.W
  • v. To impale on a skewer.
  • v. To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.
  • v. To fasten with skewers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pin of wood or iron for fastening meat to a spit or for keeping it in form while roasting.
  • n. A bobbin-spindle fixed by its blunt end into a shelf or bar in the creel.
  • To fasten with skewers; pierce or transfix, as with a skewer.
  • Specifically See the extract.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
  • v. drive a skewer through
  • Verb Form
    skewed    skewered    skewering    skewers    skewing    skews   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pin   
    Form
    skewered    skewering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pit   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Breuer    Brewer    Dewar    bluer    brewer    buer    chewer    couper    dewar    ewer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    kebab    peeler    kabob    turnkey    cleaver