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   casserole

   /ˈkasərəʊl/

   noun

   • 1. a kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven: "a chicken casserole"
   • ▪ a large covered dish used for cooking casseroles: "heat the oil in a flameproof casserole"

   verb

   • 1. cook (food) slowly in a casserole: "I ordered guinea fowl casseroled in red wine"

   Word Origin early 18th century: 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’.

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