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How to pronounce skewer in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms spit
Type of pin


skewer the meat for the BBQ.
Type Words
Type of pin
Has types spit

Examples of skewer

skewer
Pop tray in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Bake for 45-50 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
From the guardian.co.uk
Insert a skewer in the center, and if it comes out clean, your pudding is ready.
From the india.blogs.nytimes.com
Cook until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a skewer, 15 to 20 minutes.
From the sfgate.com
Pop in the oven and bake for about 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Remove the shrimp from the skewer if desired and arrange over the radish salad.
From the sacbee.com
Pipe filling into each strawberry, replace top, and secure top with small skewer.
From the news-journalonline.com
Skewer the chicken pieces with the fig quarters on long sprigs of fresh rosemary.
From the courier-journal.com
Pop tray into the oven and bake for 25 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
More examples
  • A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
  • Drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"
  • A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold pieces of food together. They are used while grilling or roasting meats, and in other culinary applications.
  • In chess, a skewer (or thrust) is an attack upon two pieces in a line and is similar to a pin. In fact, a skewer is sometimes described as a "reverse pin"; the difference is that in a skewer, the more valuable piece is in front of the piece of lesser or equal value. ...
  • A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking; A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.^W; To impale on a skewer; To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it
  • A thin, pointed metal or wooden rod onto which chunks of food are threaded, then broiled or grilled.
  • To spear small pieces of food on long, thin, pointed rods called skewers.
  • A long piece of metal used to hold bite-sized pieces of food.
  • A wooden peg or SPINDLE on which BOBBINS of ROVING are held in a CREEL.