casserole

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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cas=se=role

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun casserole has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

casserolen. [F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin.].
  •  A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

casserole, n. & v.
--n.
1 a covered dish, usu. of earthenware or glass, in which food is cooked, esp. slowly in the oven.
2 food cooked in a casserole.
--v.tr. cook in a casserole.

Etymology
F f. cassole dimin. of casse f. Prov. casa f. LL cattia ladle, pan f. Gk kuathion dimin. of kuathos cup

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