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# casserole

noun (a casserole, casseroles); verb (casserole — rare)

«casserole» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A casserole is a dish of meat, vegetables or beans cooked slowly in the oven in liquid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casserole/#m1)
2. A casserole dish is the deep pot with a lid it is cooked in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casserole/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in cooking lessons, family dinners and community kindness (bringing a casserole to a neighbour who is ill or grieving); US «hotdish» in some areas.

### Examples

- Mum made a chicken casserole for tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casserole/#x1)
- Put the casserole in the oven for two hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casserole/#x2)
- The neighbours brought a casserole when Gran was ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casserole/#x3)
- Carry the casserole dish with oven gloves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casserole/#x4)
- The bean casserole was warm and filling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casserole/#x5)
- We need a bigger casserole dish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casserole/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Safety: casserole dishes stay hot for a long time. In maths recipes: double the casserole = double every ingredient.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «casserole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/casserole/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«casserole» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/casserole.html) on Mova free.