skillet
A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle…A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
» Tom hit Mary on the head with a skillet.
Том вдарив Мері по голові сковородою.
Meaning
3 senses(UK, historical)A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
(US)A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.
Heat some oil in a cast-iron skillet and add the onions.
Bratpfanne
сковородаskovoroda
пате́льняpatélʹnja, сковорода́skovorodá
a pan used for frying foods
(US, attributive, sometimes)A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.
This is an easy skillet with potatoes and bacon.
Can you make up a quick skillet hash?
Pfannengericht, Pfanne
Examples
10 sentencesTom hit Mary on the head with a skillet.
Том вдарив Мері по голові сковородою.
Tom is banging the skillet with a big spoon.
The skillet I usually use has a wooden handle.
It took me three hours of scrubbing to clean the skillet.
Mary clobbered Tom with a skillet.
ruМэри отколошматила Тома сковородой.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French escuëlette, diminutive of escuëlle (“a porringer”), (French écuelle), fromFrom Old French escuëlette, diminutive of escuëlle (“a porringer”), (French écuelle), from Vulgar Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra, scuta (“tray, dish”). Compare scuttle (“basket”).
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Forms
plural: skilletsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a pan used for frying foods:frying panfrypan