noun
casserole
KAS-uh-rohl/ˈkæsərəʊl/
A deep ovenproof vessel for baking and serving food.
The deep ceramic casserole holds baked pasta, vegetables, and sauce.
Etymology
The word originally named the cooking pan. Through expressions for cooking in that pan, its name also came to mean the dish of food prepared inside it.
In context
this hash brown casserole is so good I did try a little taste of it it is so creamy from that cream cheese and cheesy and that bacon
More examples
- The ceramic casserole has a tightly fitting lid.
- We share a vegetable casserole for dinner.
- He soaks the empty casserole before washing it.
Forms
casserole · casseroles
Similar words
- baking dish
- A broader term for ovenproof cookware of various shapes.
- stew
- A simmered dish that need not be baked or served in its vessel.