casserole

casserole
/kas"euh rohl'/, n., v., casseroled, casseroling.
n.
1. a baking dish of glass, pottery, etc., usually with a cover.
2. any food, usually a mixture, cooked in such a dish.
3. a small dish with a handle, used in chemical laboratories.
v.t.
4. to bake or cook (food) in a casserole.
[1700-10; < F: ladlelike pan, equiv. to casse small saucepan ( < OPr cassa large spoon, akin to ML cattia crucible; of disputed orig.) + -role dim. suffix]

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