CASSEROLE

casserole

(noun) large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served

casserole

(noun) food cooked and served in a casserole

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

casserole (plural casseroles)

A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.

Synonyms

• (glass or earthenward dish): casserole dish

• (food cooked in such a dish): hotpot (UK), stew

• (both senses): hotdish

Verb

casserole (third-person singular simple present casseroles, present participle casseroling, simple past and past participle casseroled)

(transitive) To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew.

Anagrams

• cresolase, escaroles

Source: Wiktionary


Cas"se*role n. Etym: [F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin.]

1. (Chem.)

Definition: A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

2. (Cookery)

Definition: A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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