skillet
a frying pan.
a cylindrical serving vessel of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, having a hinged lid, a handle, and, sometimes, feet.
Chiefly British. a long-handled saucepan.
Origin of skillet
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How to use skillet in a sentence
They used the iron pots and skillets they had brought from England, some of which are still preserved at Plymouth.
The Story of American History | Albert F. BlaisdellFact is this arm of mine pains a little too much for me to sling the pots and skillets around in my customary way.
Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube | Louis ArundelPeggy set skillets on the stove with nothing in them, and snatched them off again, just in time to avert disaster.
Peggy Raymond's Way | Harriet Lummis SmithDo I look like a man who labors under a chronic destitution of dogs, pigs, skillets, and tongs?
The Land of Thor | J. Ross BrowneHe had a wide fireplace in his kitchen where he cooked over it, in skillets.
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British Dictionary definitions for skillet
/ (ˈskɪlɪt) /
a small frying pan
mainly British a saucepan
Origin of skillet
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