noun
skillet
SKIHL-iht
noun
1
A heavy frying pan, often used for stovetop or open-fire cooking.
"She fried the onions in a cast-iron skillet."
How to Use Skillet
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAnother word for a heavy frying pan, especially cast iron.
Common pairings
cast-iron skillet
skillet dinner
Word Forms
skilleted past tense, skillets plural, skillets singular
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Etymology
From Old French "escuëlette," a small dish, ultimately from Latin "scutella," meaning "tray" or "small dish."