How to pronounce skewer
American English pronunciation
SKYOO-ur
- IPA
- /ˈskju.ɚ/
- Syllables
- SKYOO · ur (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What skewer means
A long thin stick pushed through food to cook it
In a sentence: We slid chunks of pineapple and chicken onto a skewer for the grill.
Where it comes from: It is likely another form of an old word, "skiver." That word probably came from Norse, the old language of the Vikings.
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