Definition of Casserole

1. Noun. Food cooked and served in a casserole.

Generic synonyms: Dish
Specialized synonyms: Chicken Casserole

2. Noun. Large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served.
Specialized synonyms: Cocotte
Generic synonyms: Dish

Definition of Casserole

1. n. A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

Definition of Casserole

1. Noun. A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served. ¹

2. Noun. Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Casserole

1. [n -S]

Literary usage of Casserole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Marion Harland's Complete Cook Book: A Practical and Exhaustive Manual of by Marion Harland (1906)
"And yet the casserole itself is no more appalling than ... And the dainty cooked in this dish is "casserole" of chicken, rice, etc., as the case may be. ..."

2. Corinthian Hellenistic Pottery by G. Roger Edwards (1975)
"This form of casserole has a broad, gently convex bottom and a low wall, ... 670, a complete, very small casserole, comes from a context of wide range, ..."

3. Mrs. Norton's Cook-book: Selecting, Cooking, and Serving for the Home Table by Jeanette Young Norton (1917)
"But the casserole dish, in many instances, will make yesterday's ... The casserole has one advantage over other modes of cooking in that it cooks slowly and ..."

4. The Malone Cook Book by Mrs George Hawkins (1917)
"Casserole COOKERY This method of cooking is so universal in France, the land of thrift, that it deserves to be better known and adopted here, ..."

5. Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes by Christine Terhune Herrick (1904)
"A casserole is a covered dish of pottery designed to withstand the ... The ordinary form of meat en casserole is as indicated, and the food is served in the ..."

6. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery by Alexis Soyer (1847)
"Casserole de Biz au pieds de mouton. Procure ten small sheeps' feet, ... Have ready a casserole of rice as directed, then boil half a pound of riband ..."

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