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cas⋅se⋅role

  [kas-uh-rohl] noun, verb, -roled, -rol⋅ing.
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–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
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cas·se·role   (kās'ə-rōl')   
n.  

    1. A dish, usually of earthenware, glass, or cast iron, in which food is both baked and served.

    2. Food prepared and served in such a dish.

  2. Chemistry A small-handled, deep porcelain crucible used for heating and evaporating.


[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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Word Origin & History

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.
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