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Definition of casserole noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

casserole

noun
 
/ˈkæsərəʊl/
 
/ˈkæsərəʊl/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a hot dish made with meat, vegetables, etc. that are cooked slowly in liquid in an oven
    • a chicken casserole
    • Is there any casserole left?
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • beef
    • chicken
    • vegetable
    • …
    verb + casserole
    • bake
    • cook
    • make
    • …
    casserole + noun
    • dish
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  2. [countable]
    (also casserole dish)
    a container with a lid (= cover) used for cooking meat, etc. in liquid in an oven
    • Place the chicken pieces in the bottom of a large casserole.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • large
    • shallow
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the casserole
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    3. Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of casse ‘spoon-like container’, from Old Provençal casa, from late Latin cattia ‘ladle, pan’, from Greek kuathion, diminutive of kuathos ‘cup’.
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