casserole

noun

/ˈkæsərəʊl/

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[countable, uncountable] a hot dish made with meat, vegetables, etc. that are cooked slowly in liquid in an oven
- a chicken casserole
- Is there any casserole left?
Topics Foodc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- beef
- chicken
- vegetable
- …
verb + casserole
- bake
- cook
- make
- …
casserole + noun
- dish
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[countable]
(also casserole dish)
a container with a lid (= cover) used for cooking meat, etc. in liquid in an oven
- Place the chicken pieces in the bottom of a large casserole.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deep
- large
- shallow
- …
preposition
- in a/the casserole
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Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of casse ‘spoon-like container’, from Old Provençal casa, from late Latin cattia ‘ladle, pan’, from Greek kuathion, diminutive of kuathos ‘cup’.

casserole

verb

/ˈkæsərəʊl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they casserole	/ˈkæsərəʊl/ /ˈkæsərəʊl/
he / she / it casseroles	/ˈkæsərəʊlz/ /ˈkæsərəʊlz/
past simple casseroled	/ˈkæsərəʊld/ /ˈkæsərəʊld/
past participle casseroled	/ˈkæsərəʊld/ /ˈkæsərəʊld/
-ing form casseroling	/ˈkæsərəʊlɪŋ/ /ˈkæsərəʊlɪŋ/

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casserole something to cook meat, vegetables, etc. slowly in liquid in an oven
- lamb casseroled with mushrooms, garlic and rosemary