Used in a Sentence

casserole

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for casserole.

Editorial note

The danger is to end up wanting language casserole with bits and pieces from everywhere.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of casserole gathered in one view.

noun

Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.

noun

(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

noun

(by extension) Any type of food that fills the high-walled dish or pan in which it was cooked.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for casserole.

noun

Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.

noun

(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

noun

(by extension) Any type of food that fills the high-walled dish or pan in which it was cooked.

verb

(transitive) To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew.

Example sentences

1

The danger is to end up wanting language casserole with bits and pieces from everywhere.

2

Spend an afternoon and make a chicken casserole, a beef stew, a lasagne, a cottage pie and a fish pie.

3

If the opportunity presents itself, your assassination attempt won't be foiled by the target's/victim's decision to have a casserole instead.

4

You know, the same reason someone might write a compiler, build a violin, cook a casserole, go jogging?

5

There's always the person who decides it's a good idea to heat up their tuna casserole and stroll through the department, though.

6

You can revive a store-bought frozen casserole dish in one of those things.

7

So you burn yourself taking a casserole out, do you stop cooking?

8

My cousin came up with a pretty good take on tuna casserole that substitutes corn and chopped red peppers in place of the peas.

9

There's too much variety here, but maybe I come back to minestrone, tomato/canellini casserole, and pan fried proteins (fish/pork/beef) a lot.

10

My family declared this makeshift casserole the best thing ever.

11

And occasionally some kind of casserole/pasta, if I haven't eaten too much wheat lately.

12

If it's Fall/Winter, we usually make a stew or soup or casserole or two for lunch/dinner Sunday and leftovers/lunches the rest of the week.

Quote examples

1

Once I realized that there were basic patterns (soup, casserole, curry, etc) I found joy in "hacking" food.

2

My actual answer: "While that does sound cool, is there a place here for the kind of guy who likes his wife's awful casserole?"

3

But a linkage between the two is created (where I guess the PK could be considered "potato casserole"), such that future users looking for potato casseroles would stumble across both.

4

Examples include chicken fried rice, ham/noodle/cheese casserole, "skillet" breakfasts, beef stew, etc.

Proper noun examples

1

It's more of a Southwest Tuna Casserole.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use casserole in a sentence?

The danger is to end up wanting language casserole with bits and pieces from everywhere.

What does casserole mean?

Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.

What part of speech is casserole?

casserole is commonly used as noun, verb.