skillet.
A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
Meaning & usage
A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.
Heat some oil in a cast-iron skillet and add the onions.
A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.
This is an easy skillet with potatoes and bacon.
Can you make up a quick skillet hash?
Where this word comes from
From Old French escuëlette, diminutive of escuëlle (“a porringer”), (French écuelle), from Vulgar Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra, scuta (“tray, dish”). Compare scuttle (“basket”).
To cook in a skillet.
Where this word comes from
From Old French escuëlette, diminutive of escuëlle (“a porringer”), (French écuelle), from Vulgar Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra, scuta (“tray, dish”). Compare scuttle (“basket”).
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