SKILLET


Meaning of SKILLET in English

/skil"it/ , n.

1. a frying pan.

2. a cylindrical serving vessel of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, having a hinged lid, a handle, and, sometimes, feet.

3. Chiefly Brit. a long-handled saucepan.

[ 1375-1425; late ME; orig. uncert. ]

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