roast beef vs shish kebab

roast beef

noun
  • A cut of beef that has been roasted. 

  • A cut of beef intended for roasting. 

  • Beef cooked by roasting. 

  • A portion of roasted beef. 

shish kebab

noun
  • A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on a wooden or metal stick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire. 

  • A crystal structure consisting of a central spine (the shish) and disks or lumps growing out from it (the kebab). 

How often have the words roast beef and shish kebab occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )