casserole

noun

1. a baking dish of glass, pottery, etc., usually with a cover.
2. any food, usually a mixture, cooked in such a dish.
3. a small dish with a handle, used in chemical laboratories.

verb (used with object), cas·se·roled, cas·se·rol·ing.

4. to bake or cook (food) in a casserole.

noun

1. a covered dish of earthenware, glass, etc, in which food is cooked and served
2. any food cooked and served in such a dishchicken casserole

verb

3. to cook or be cooked in a casserole

n.

1706, “stew pan,” from French casserole “sauce pan” (16c.), diminutive of Middle French casse “pan” (14c.), from Provençal cassa “melting pan,” from Medieval Latin cattia “pan, vessel,” possibly from Greek kyathion, diminutive of kyathos “cup for the wine bowl.” Originally the pan, since c.1930 also of the dishes cooked in it, via cookery phrases such as en casserole, à la casserole.