Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Chiefly British A long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, generally having a long nandle and three or Four legs, used for heating and boiling water, stewing meat, and other culinary purposes.
- noun A rattle or bell used by common criers.
- noun A ship's cook; a “pot-wrestler” or potwalloper.
- noun In metal-working, a form into which the precious metals are run for sale and use as bullion, flatter than an ingot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A
pan forfrying , generallylarge andheavy . - noun US A
dish ormeal cooked in such a pan. - noun US, as a modifier Cooked in a skillet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pan used for frying foods
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Kathryn, put the eggs in skillet, put some biscuits in the oven, Bocephus, we going to sop some biscuits directly.
Hank Williams: The Working Musician, The Creative Genius 2010
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Fry bacon in skillet until brown; remove from skillet and set aside ...
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Pour all but about 2 ounces of the beer over onions in skillet and cook them down over medium heat, stirring occasionally until all beer evaporates and onions are soft.
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Kathryn, put the eggs in skillet, put some biscuits in the oven, Bocephus, we going to sop some biscuits directly.
Hank Williams: The Working Musician, The Creative Genius 2010
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Kathryn, put the eggs in skillet, put some biscuits in the oven, Bocephus, we going to sop some biscuits directly.
Hank Williams: The Working Musician, The Creative Genius 2010
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Some say that a cast iron skillet is the only piece of cookware that they really need in order to cook all of their favorite foods.
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If the skillet is deep it might be a #8 chicken fryer rather than a dutch oven.
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If the skillet is deep it might be a #8 chicken fryer rather than a dutch oven.
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While I personally appreciate the fact that I have more than a few pans in my kitchen already, a cast iron skillet is certainly a versatile and affordable tool.
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Kathryn, put the eggs in skillet, put some biscuits in the oven, Bocephus, we going to sop some biscuits directly.
Hank Williams: The Working Musician, The Creative Genius 2010
sionnach commented on the word skillet
a meagre talent
July 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word skillet
Good one sionnach! What you can do for me with bullet?
July 5, 2008
sionnach commented on the word skillet
Well, many people are misled by the word bullet, mistakenly thinking it has something to do with ballistics, or that it has some kind of bovine origins.
But my exhaustive researches establish that it actually designates a kind of amuse-bouche that was considered a rare delicacy in the seraglios and harems of Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent, during the heyday of these establishments. Basically a kind of Nightingale McNugget in the caliph's own secret savory dipping sauce, each bullet had as its basic ingredient half a baby nightingale.
When we recall that the local word for nightingale is bulbul, the etymological derivation is immediate.
July 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word skillet
Worthy! I'm sure this is where the phrase bite the bullet comes from.
July 6, 2008
asativum commented on the word skillet
Wonderful etymological research, sionnach. Presumably "taking a bullet for the team" is derived from the word?
July 7, 2008
dontcry commented on the word skillet
Chapeau! Nach -- I bet you've never, ever received a speeding ticket, have you?
July 7, 2008