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cas⋅se⋅role
[kas-uh-rohl] 
noun, verb, -roled, -rol⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a baking dish of glass, pottery, etc., usually with a cover. |
| 2. | any food, usually a mixture, cooked in such a dish. |
| 3. | a small dish with a handle, used in chemical laboratories. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to bake or cook (food) in a casserole. |
Origin:
1700–10; < F: ladlelike pan, equiv. to casse small saucepan (< OPr cassa large spoon, akin to ML cattia crucible; of disputed orig.) + -role dim. suffix
1700–10; < F: ladlelike pan, equiv. to casse small saucepan (< OPr cassa large spoon, akin to ML cattia crucible; of disputed orig.) + -role dim. suffix
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| cas·se·role (kās'ə-rōl') n.
[French, saucepan, diminutive of Old French casse, ladle, pan, from Old Provençal cassa, from Medieval Latin cattia, dipper, from Greek kuathion, diminutive of kuathos, ladle.] |
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Casserole
Cas"se*role\n. [F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin.]1. (Chem.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain. 2. (Cookery) 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.
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Language Translation for : casserole
Spanish:
cacerola,
German:
der Schmortopf,
Japanese:
蒸し焼きなべ
casserole
1706, from Fr. casserole "sauce pan," dim. of M.Fr. casse "pan," from Prov. cassa "melting pan," from M.L. cattia, possibly from Gk. kyathion, dim. of kyathos "bowl, cup." Originally the pan, since 1958 also the dishes cooked in it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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