Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A casserole of white beans, various meats, vegetables, and herbs, slowly simmered or baked in a slow oven.

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  • noun A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, stove dish, diminutive of cassolo, earthenware vessel, from casso, from Old Provençal cassa; see casserole.]

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Borrowing from French, from Occitan caçolet

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  • soul food?

    from etymology above:

    French, stove dish, diminutive of cassolo, earthenware vessel, from casso, from Old Provençal cassa; see casserole.

    March 22, 2013