casserole

noun

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cas·se·role | \ ˈka-sə-ˌrōl

also ˈka-zə- \

Definition of casserole

1 : a dish in which food may be baked and served

2 : food cooked and served in a casserole

3 : a deep round usually porcelain dish with a handle used for heating substances in the laboratory

Examples of casserole in a Sentence

I made tuna casserole for dinner. meat and noodles served in a casserole

Recent Examples on the Web To use the frozen casserole, thaw in refrigerator for 8 hours. — Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2022 This cheesy gratin will put a different type of green bean casserole on your Thanksgiving table. — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Nov. 2021 Featuring a colorful collection of eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion and tomatoes, ratatouille can be prepared by either baking all the vegetables like a casserole or sautéing them with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. — Foren Clark, CNN, 30 May 2022 Thompson had never made any kind of pizza before, let alone the multilayered deep-dish construction that critics often dismiss as a Midwestern casserole that has improperly — perhaps immorally — adopted the language of its Italian forebear. — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022 Well, there's something just so ridiculously cliche about a casserole, not even in a [thriller way]. — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2022 Anna collapses in the street while holding a casserole, gets interrogated and fingerprinted at the police station, and crawls on the concrete in the pouring rain. — Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 4 Jan. 2022 And there are lots of recipes for Jewish holidays, like a blintz casserole for Shavuot and an herbaceous matzo farfel kugel for Passover. — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Aug. 2021 Try the breakfast casserole, a daily special of vegetables and eggs. — Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 19 May 2022 See More

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