Skewer
['skjuːə] or ['skjʊɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted.
(verb.) drive a skewer through; 'skewer the meat for the BBQ'.
Typist: Miranda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.
(v. t.) To fasten with skewers.
Inputed by Eunice
Definition
n. a pin of wood or iron for keeping meat in form while roasting.—v.t. to fasten with skewers.
Checker: Nicole
Examples
- So he carried it to his house, and, putting a long skewer through the piece, he hung it high above the fire in his open hearth, to dry it off before he should wish to roast it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He could make a boat out of anything, from a skewer upwards. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Till the middle of the sixteenth century the poorer class in England used rude skewers of wood, while the more fortunate had pins made of gold, silver and brass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Edited by Arnold