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Casserole

//ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served. countable
  2. 2
    large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served wordnet
  3. 3
    Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish. countable, uncountable

    "a chicken casserole"

  4. 4
    food cooked and served in a casserole wordnet
  5. 5
    Any type of food that fills the high-walled dish or pan in which it was cooked. broadly, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew. transitive

    "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 […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French casserole.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French casserole.

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