casserole

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casserole

  • /ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French casserole.

noun casseroles

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

    Similar: casserole dish

  2. countable, uncountable Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish. a chicken casserole

    Similar: hotpot

  3. broadly, countable, uncountable Any type of food that fills the high-walled dish or pan in which it was cooked.

Similar: hotdish

verb casseroles · casseroling · casseroled

  1. transitive 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 […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: stew, saucepan, pot, noodle, crap, handkerchief, dope, turd, flameproof, stuff, chicken, hussy, junk, girl, momma, trash

noun

Similar: hotdish

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Every language

noun glass or earthenware dish

Españolcacerola
한국어캐서롤 kaeseorol
日本語キャセロール kyaserōru
中文砂鍋 /砂锅 shāguō
Portuguêscaçarola, caçoila, caçoula
Françaiscocotte, casserole
DeutschAuflaufform, Kasserolle
Italianocasseruola
Ελληνικάκατσαρόλα katsaróla
Românăcaserolă
Русскийутя́тница utjátnica, гуся́тница gusjátnica, ла́тка látka, кастрю́ля kastrjúlja
العربيةكَسْرُول kasrūl, طَاجِن ṭājin
עבריתאִלְפָּס ilpás

noun food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish

Españolcazuela, cazolada, a la cacerola
日本語蒸し焼き mushi-yaki, キャセロール kyaserōru
中文法國砂鍋 /法国砂锅 Fàguó shāguō, 法國烤鍋 /法国烤锅 Fàguó kǎoguō
Françaistimbale
DeutschAuflauf
Italianopasta al forno
Ελληνικάφαγητό κατσαρόλας fagitó katsarólas
Русскийзапека́нка zapekánka

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@misc{casserole_2026,
  title = {casserole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/casserole},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}