casserole
[kas-uh-rohl]
- a baking dish of glass, pottery, etc., usually with a cover.
- any food, usually a mixture, cooked in such a dish.
- a small dish with a handle, used in chemical laboratories.
Show More
- to bake or cook (food) in a casserole.
Show More
Origin of casserole
1700–10; < French: ladlelike pan, equivalent to casse small saucepan (< Old Provençal cassa large spoon, akin to Medieval Latin cattia crucible; of disputed orig.) + -role diminutive suffix
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for casserole
Contemporary Examples
Combine the beans and onion sauce in a 9x9-inch casserole dish and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
In northern Italy, this casserole of alternating layers of sauce, cheese, and pasta is made with fresh noodles.
Remove the casserole from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
Pour this mixture over the top of the casserole, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate over night.
The casserole will have puffed up and browned around the edges.
Historical Examples
It is colored in the oven, and when nearly done is transferred to a casserole.
American CookeryVarious
Stick the cloves into it, and place it in the bottom of a casserole.
A Thousand Ways to Please a HusbandLouise Bennett Weaver
In a casserole put three ounces of butter and set on the stove.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook BookVictor Hirtzler
Cover the casserole and put in the oven until the ox tail is soft.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook BookVictor Hirtzler
Simmer in a casserole in three ounces of butter one chopped onion.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook BookVictor Hirtzler
casserole
- a covered dish of earthenware, glass, etc, in which food is cooked and served
- any food cooked and served in such a dishchicken casserole
Show More
- to cook or be cooked in a casserole
Show More
Word Origin
C18: from French, from Old French casse ladle, pan for dripping, from Old Provençal cassa, from Late Latin cattia dipper, from Greek kuathion, diminutive of kuathos cup
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for casserole
n.
1706, "stew pan," from French casserole "sauce pan" (16c.), diminutive of Middle French casse "pan" (14c.), from Provençal cassa "melting pan," from Medieval Latin cattia "pan, vessel," possibly from Greek kyathion, diminutive of kyathos "cup for the wine bowl." Originally the pan, since c.1930 also of the dishes cooked in it, via cookery phrases such as en casserole, à la casserole.
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper