casserole
/ˈkæsərəʊl/ (bre, ipa) · [kˈæsɚˌol] /ˈkæsərəʊl/ (ame, ipa) · [kˈæsɚˌol] /ˈka-sə-ˌrōl How to pronounce casserole (audio) also ˈka-zə-/ (ame, mw)
casserole — noun
- casserolesingular
- casserolesplural
1. a meal of meat, vegetables, or similar ingredients baked slowly together in a de
a meal of meat, vegetables, or similar ingredients baked slowly together in a deep oven dish, or the covered dish used to cook and serve it
Tariro baked a chicken casserole for the family dinner on Sunday.
bake + casserole: typical food sense
Please put the potatoes into the blue casserole before dinner.
put something into a casserole: container sense
Minh brought a vegetable casserole to the new neighbors next door.
The glass casserole cracked when Beatrix set it on the cold sink.
Karim spooned the casserole onto plates while everyone found a seat.
- stew
the food sense is similar, but a stew is usually wetter and is often cooked on the stove
- gratin
another baked dish, but it usually has a browned top layer and does not name the cooking dish itself
- baking dish
matches only the container sense and does not mean the meal
文法句型
a casserole
bake a casserole
put something in a casserole
用法筆記
When the context is about eating or serving it, casserole usually means the food. When the context is about putting something in it, taking it from the oven, or washing it, it usually means the cooking dish.