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skillet

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skil·let  (sklt)
n.
1. See frying pan. See Regional Notes at andiron, frying pan.
2. Chiefly British A long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs.

[Middle English skelet, from Old French escuelete, diminutive of escuele, plate, from Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra, platter.]

skillet [ˈskɪlɪt]
n
1. (Cookery) a small frying pan
2. (Cookery) Chiefly Brit a saucepan
[probably from skele bucket, of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse skjōla bucket]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.skilletskillet - a pan used for frying foods          
electric frying pan - a frying pan heated by electricity
handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
cooking pan, pan - cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
spider - a skillet made of cast iron
Translations
skillet [ˈskɪlɪt] Nsartén f pequeña, sartén m pequeño(LAm)
skillet [ˈskɪlɪt] n (= frying pan) → poêlon m
skillet
nBratpfanne f
skillet [ˈskɪlɪt] n (Am) → padella
skillet [ˈskɪlɪt] n (Am) → padella


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She can eat out of my skillet the rest of her life.
I took all the coffee and sugar there was, and all the ammunition; I took the wadding; I took the bucket and gourd; I took a dipper and a tin cup, and my old saw and two blankets, and the skillet and the coffee-pot.
Finn the Red-Handed had stolen a skillet and a quan- tity of half-cured leaf tobacco, and had also brought a few corn-cobs to make pipes with.
 
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