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Rareskewer
The correct spelling is skewer.
How to pronounce skewer
noun
IPA: /ˈskjuːə/
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The correct spelling is skewer. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking. For example: "a skew arch"
Usage Examples
“a skew arch”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
- 2.Food served on a skewer
- 3.A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.W
- 4.That which skews something.
verb
- 1.To impale on a skewer.
- 2.To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
- 3.To severely mock or discredit.
adjective
- 1.Neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line; askew.
- 2.Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
- 3.Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
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