Skillet Definition

skĭlĭt
noun
A pot or kettle with a long handle and, sometimes, feet.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
(US, as a modifier) Cooked in a skillet.
Can you make up a quick skillet hash?
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Noun

Singular:
skillet
Plural:
skillets

Origin of Skillet

  • Old French escuelette, diminutive of escuelle a porringer, (French écuelle), from Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra, scuta, a dish. Compare scuttle a basket.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English skelett from Old French escuelete diminutive of escuele plate from Latin scutella diminutive of scutra platter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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