shish

English

Etymology

From Turkish şiş (“skewer”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɪʃ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Adjective

shish (not comparable)

  1. (cooking) On a skewer.
    • 2013, Sophie McKenzie, The Medusa Project Collection:
      Ketty wanted one of those healthy kebabs, so we walked down to the kebab shop on Hanmore Park High Street. She ordered shish chicken and salad in a pitta.

Derived terms

Noun

shish (plural shishes)

  1. (chemistry) The spine of a shish kebab structure.

References
  1. "shish." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.

Anagrams

Kalasha

Noun

shish

  1. Alternative spelling of ṣiṣ
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