casserole
noun
- covered baking dish
- type of food
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree French casserolebor. English casserole Borrowed from French casserole.
- 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.
“a chicken casserole”
- Any type of food that fills the high-walled dish or pan in which it was cooked.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree French casserolebor. English casserole Borrowed from French casserole.
- To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew.
“Just now I'm waiting for Tony Goodwin [the publisher] to arrive, casseroling a rabbit, fricasseeing it actually, listening to Revolver on the record player and the gale stripping the olive trees outside, and answering my correspondence, when […]”