cas|se|role

cas|se|role «KAS uh rohl», noun.

1. a) a covered baking dish in which food can be both cooked and served. Most casseroles are made of stoneware or glass. b) food cooked and served in such a dish. Casseroles usually consist of meat, cheese, or vegetables in macaroni, rice, or mashed potatoes, and sauce. »

keeps all foods, from spaghetti to stews, casseroles to baked beans, enjoyably warm for hours and hours (New Yorker).

c) a mold, often of boiled rice, mashed potatoes, or macaroni, filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables. d) Especially British. a saucepan.

2. a small, deep porcelain dish with a handle, used in chemical laboratories for heating substances.

╂[< French casserole < Middle French casse pan < Late Latin cattia trowel, probably < Greek kyáthion small cup < kýathos cup]