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skillet definition

skil·let (skil′it)

noun

  1. Chiefly Brit. a pot or kettle with a long handle and, sometimes, feet
  2. frying pan

Etymology: ME skelett < ? OFr escuellette, dim. of escuelle, porringer, basin < L scutella, dim. of scutra, dish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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