Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US)To cook in a skillet.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom hit Mary on the head with a skillet.

    Том вдарив Мері по голові сковородою. — deniko

  2. Tom is banging the skillet with a big spoon.

  3. The skillet I usually use has a wooden handle.

  4. It took me three hours of scrubbing to clean the skillet.

  5. Mary clobbered Tom with a skillet.

    ruМэри отколошматила Тома сковородой. — odexed

Origin

From Old French escuëlette, diminutive of escuëlle (“a porringer”), (French écuelle), from

From 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

skillets, skilleting, skilleted, skilleted
Base formskillet · to skillet
3rd person singularskillets
Present participleskilleting
Past simpleskilleted
Past participleskilleted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskillet
he, she, itskillets

Past simpleLesson

all personsskilleted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skilleted
he, she, ithas skilleted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skillet

See also

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