Meanings
nouncasserole (countable and uncountable, plural casseroles)
plural casseroles
- countableA dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.
Synonyms: casserole dish
- broadlycountableuncountableAny type of food that fills the high-walled dish or pan in which it was cooked.
verbcasserole (third-person singular simple present casseroles, present participle casseroling, simple past and past participle casseroled)
present singular third person casseroles · participle present casseroling · participle past casseroled · past casseroled
- transitiveTo cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew.
Just now I'm waiting for Tony Goodwin [the publisher] to arrive, casseroling a rabbit, fricasseeing it actually, listening to Revolver on the record player and the gale stripping the olive trees outside, and answering my correspondence, when […]
1999, Peter Craven, The Best Australian Essays 1999, Black Inc., →ISBN, page 16
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.
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nounFood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.
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Origin
- Frenchcasserole
- Frenchcasserole
- Englishcasserole
Borrowed from French casserole.
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Arabic كَسْرُول, طَاجِن
- كَسْرُول (kasrūl)glass or earthenware dish
- طَاجِن (ṭājin)glass or earthenware dish
Bulgarian касеро́ла, те́нджера
- касеро́ла (kaseróla)glass or earthenware dish
- те́нджера (téndžera)glass or earthenware dish
Catalan casserola, putxero
- casserolaglass or earthenware dish
- putxeroglass or earthenware dish
- ollaglass or earthenware dish
- cassolaglass or earthenware dish
- ollafood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
- putxerofood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Chinese Cantonese 砂鍋 /砂锅, 燜 /焖
- 砂鍋 /砂锅 (saa¹ wo¹)food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
- 燜 /焖 (mun¹)to cook as a casserole i.e. in a closed dish
Chinese Mandarin 砂鍋 /砂锅, 法國砂鍋 /法国砂锅
- 砂鍋 /砂锅 (shāguō)glass or earthenware dish
- 法國砂鍋 /法国砂锅 (Fàguó shāguō)food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
- 法國烤鍋 /法国烤锅 (Fàguó kǎoguō)food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Czech kastrol
- kastrolglass or earthenware dish
Danish kasserolle
- kasserolleglass or earthenware dish
Dutch ovenschotel, ovenschotel
- ovenschotelglass or earthenware dish
- ovenschotelfood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Esperanto kaserolo
- kaserologlass or earthenware dish
Finnish vuoka, uunivuoka
- vuokaglass or earthenware dish
- uunivuokaglass or earthenware dish
- laatikkofood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
- pataruokafood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
French cocotte, casserole
- cocotteglass or earthenware dish
- casseroleglass or earthenware dish
- timbalefood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
German Auflaufform, Kasserolle
- Auflaufformglass or earthenware dish
- Kasserolleglass or earthenware dish
- Auflauffood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Greek κατσαρόλα, φαγητό κατσαρόλας
- κατσαρόλα (katsaróla)glass or earthenware dish
- φαγητό κατσαρόλας (fagitó katsarólas)food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Hebrew אִלְפָּס
- אִלְפָּס (ilpás)glass or earthenware dish
Hungarian lábos, lábas
- lábosglass or earthenware dish
- lábasglass or earthenware dish
- rakottasfood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Italian casseruola, pasta al forno
- casseruolaglass or earthenware dish
- pasta al fornofood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Japanese キャセロール, 蒸し焼き
- キャセロール (kyaserōru)glass or earthenware dish
- 蒸し焼き (mushi-yaki)food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
- キャセロール (kyaserōru)food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Korean 캐서롤
- 캐서롤 (kaeseorol)glass or earthenware dish
Māori tūkohu
- tūkohuto cook as a casserole i.e. in a closed dish
Norwegian Bokmål kasserolle
- kasserolleglass or earthenware dish
Polish naczynie żaroodporne, brytfanna
- naczynie żaroodporneglass or earthenware dish
- brytfannaglass or earthenware dish
- gęsiarkaglass or earthenware dish
- zapiekankafood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
- dusićto cook as a casserole i.e. in a closed dish
Portuguese caçarola, caçoila
- caçarolaglass or earthenware dish
- caçoilaglass or earthenware dish
- caçoulaglass or earthenware dish
Romanian caserolă
- caserolăglass or earthenware dish
Russian утя́тница, гуся́тница
- утя́тница (utjátnica)glass or earthenware dish
- гуся́тница (gusjátnica)glass or earthenware dish
- ла́тка (látka)glass or earthenware dish
- кастрю́ля (kastrjúlja)glass or earthenware dish
- запека́нка (zapekánka)food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Slovak kastról
- kastrólglass or earthenware dish
Spanish cacerola, cazuela
- cacerolaglass or earthenware dish
- cazuelafood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
- cazoladafood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
- a la cacerolafood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Swedish gryta, lergryta
- grytaglass or earthenware dish
- lergrytaglass or earthenware dish
- kastrullglass or earthenware dish
- grytafood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Tagalog kaserola, kaserola
- kaserolaglass or earthenware dish
- kaserolafood, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
Ukrainian гуся́тниця, кастру́ля
- гуся́тниця (husjátnycja)glass or earthenware dish
- кастру́ля (kastrúlja)glass or earthenware dish
- запіка́нка (zapikánka)food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish
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casserole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casserole
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