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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
skillet
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
heavy
▪ Melt butter in heavy skillet or casserole large enough to hold potatoes in one layer.
▪ Preheat oven to 325 F.. In a large, heavy skillet, heat oil.
▪ In a large, heavy skillet, melt butter over moderate heat.
▪ In a large heavy bottomed skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat.
▪ To make spicy pecans, melt butter in a heavy skillet.
▪ Pour about inch of oil into a deep, heavy cast-iron skillet and preheat until hot but not smoking.
▪ Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a heavy skillet.
▪ Heat a wok or a heavy skillet over high heat.
large
▪ Heat oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large, deep skillet and add leeks and a little salt and pepper.
▪ Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a large skillet.
▪ In a large, nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat.
▪ Preheat oven to 325 F.. In a large, heavy skillet, heat oil.
▪ In a large skillet, saute mushrooms in 1 tablespoon of the butter for 2 to 3 minutes.
▪ In a large skillet, melt clarified butter and saute rabbit over moderate heat until evenly browned.
▪ Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil and quickly saute greens until just wilted.
small
▪ Melt butter over medium heat in small skillet.
▪ While parsnips are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion and saffron in butter until soft but not browned.
▪ Put a small skillet on the stove.
▪ Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in small skillet over medium heat.
▪ In a small skillet, saute onion and apple Iin oil for 5 minutes.
▪ In a small skillet, combine oysters and their liquor with remaining 2 tablespoons of chipotle puree.
▪ In a small skillet, saute garlic and green onion briefly in 3 tablespoons of oil until soft but not browned.
■ VERB
add
▪ Heat oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large, deep skillet and add leeks and a little salt and pepper.
▪ In another medium skillet add the olive oil and heat over medium-high heat.
▪ Put the browned chicken back into the skillet and add the orange juice, chicken stock and chili sauce.
▪ In a large skillet, add enough oil to coat the bottom.
▪ Return to skillet and add capers.
cook
▪ Saute remaining 2 cloves garlic in skillet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray until tender, about 1 minute.
▪ Add meat to skillet and cook over high heat, stirring with a large spoon, until lightly browned.
▪ In a large ovenproof skillet, cook bacon over moderate heat until crisp, about 10 minutes.
▪ In the same skillet, cook the onion until wilted and browning, about 8 minutes.
heat
▪ In a large, nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat.
▪ In a skillet, heat a small amount of oil and saute the mushrooms and onions, and distribute over the cheese.
▪ Preheat oven to 325 F.. In a large, heavy skillet, heat oil.
▪ Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil and quickly saute greens until just wilted.
▪ In skillet, heat oil; when heated, deep fry dough; drain on paper towels.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Add meat to skillet and cook over high heat, stirring with a large spoon, until lightly browned.
▪ An old acquaintance visiting from California once asked to borrow my Teflon skillet to demonstrate his culinary skills.
▪ At Kraft she usually uses an electric skillet, not a gas range.
▪ Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a skillet.
▪ Heat oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large, deep skillet and add leeks and a little salt and pepper.
▪ In a skillet, heat a small amount of oil and saute the mushrooms and onions, and distribute over the cheese.
▪ Put a small skillet on the stove.
▪ Remove skillet from oven, add green onions, and stir until beginning to soften, about 1 minute.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skillet

Skillet \Skil"let\, n. [OF. escuelette, dim. of escuelle a porringer, F. ecuelle, fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish. Cf. Scuttle a basket.] A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
skillet

c.1400, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle French esculette "a little dish" (Modern French écuelle), diminutive of escuele "plate," from Latin scutella "serving platter" (see scuttle (n.)); or formed in English from skele "wooden bucket or pail" (early 14c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skjola "pail, bucket."

Wiktionary
skillet

n. 1 (context US English) A pan for frying, generally large and heavy. 2 (context US English) A dish or meal cooked in such a pan. 3 (context US as a modifier English) Cooked in a skillet.

WordNet
skillet

n. a pan used for frying foods [syn: frying pan, frypan]

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Wikipedia
Skillet (album)

Skillet is the self-titled debut release from the Christian rock band Skillet. Released in 1996 as an enhanced CD and audio cassette from ForeFront Records and Ardent Records, it showcases Christian lyrics with a grunge rock sound. Skillet was, at the time, a three-piece band composed of John Cooper on vocals, bass and piano, Trey McClurkin on drums and back-up vocals and Ken Steorts on guitar, back-up vocals and the guitar synth.

Skillet (band)

Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1996 and based in the United States. The band currently consists of husband and wife John (lead vocals, bass) and Korey Cooper (rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), along with Jen Ledger (drums, vocals) and Seth Morrison (lead guitar). The band has released nine albums, two receiving Grammy nominations: Collide and Comatose. Awake has been certified Platinum and debuted on No. 2 on the Billboard 200, with Comatose certified Platinum by RIAA. Their 2013 album, Rise, was certified gold as of July 12, 2016.

Skillet went through several line-up changes early in their career, leaving founder John Cooper as the only original member remaining in the band. They are known for a relentless touring schedule, which garnered them a top five ranking in the Hardest Working Bands of 2010 by Songkick.com.

Skillet (disambiguation)

A skillet is a frying pan, generally large and heavy.

Skillet may also refer to:

  • Skillet (band), an American Christian rock band

Usage examples of "skillet".

Somewhere behind her Daddy John and Courant made a noise with skillets and picket pins and spoke a little, a sentence mutteringly dropped and monosyllabically answered.

He turned his head and watched Doxy as she knelt in front of a crackling fire, turning slices of salt pork in an iron skillet.

The meat cooked quickly and Inga turned the slices then put them on a platter while the skillet cooled for the eggs.

They were playthings compared to dealing with men, Merissa reminded herself as she pulled the thick, honey-cured strips of bacon apart and placed them side by side in the hot skillet.

Say there was the fat blonde in Saint Jo, and the panatela brunette at Skillet Ridge, and the gold tooth down in the Kaw valley.

De meats, cornbread, biscuits, and cakes what was cooked in dem old skillets was sho' mighty good.

For a severely nauseated stomach and vomiting, before simmering the ginger slices stir-fry them in a wok or skillet until they are lightly browned.

For spinach: Add water to a 9- to 10-inch skillet, then tamari or sea salt, spice, onion, then frozen spinach.

One of the beauties of Krynn as well as a renowned warrior, Tika Waylan had grown a little plumper since the days when she bashed draconians over the head with her skillet.

Relatives of the Young Couple staked them to a team of Pelters, a Muley Cow, a Bird Dog of dubious Ancestry, an Axe and a Skillet, and started them over the Divide toward the perilous Frontier, away out yender in Illinoy.

She tossed the diced onion into the skillet to saute, then added a half-empty bottle of white wine rescued from the refrigerator.

I, on the other hand, enjoyed trailside cookery and even traveled with a coffee grinder and green beans, which I roasted in a dry skillet until they were black and sweating a sheen of oil.

In a dry skillet, gently roast oats, cashews, macadamia nut, and almonds over medium heat.

While the chops are browning on their second side, start browning the almonds in the butter in a small skillet over medium heat.

They had plenty of jerky and smoked fish, but every so often Smoke got a hankering for venison, the tender backstrap fried in a skillet or slow-roasted on a spit above a bed of coals.