casserole
Americannoun
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a baking dish of glass, pottery, etc., usually with a cover.
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any food, usually a mixture, cooked in such a dish.
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a small dish with a handle, used in chemical laboratories.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a covered dish of earthenware, glass, etc, in which food is cooked and served
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any food cooked and served in such a dish
chicken casserole
verb
Etymology
Origin of casserole
First recorded in 1700–10; from French: “ladlelike pan,” equivalent to casse “small saucepan” (from Old Provençal cassa “large spoon,” akin to Medieval Latin cattia “crucible”; of disputed origin) + -role diminutive suffix
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