skillet
/'skilit/
Definition
- Noun:
- A frying pan: A shallow, flat-bottomed cooking pan with a long handle, typically used for frying, searing, and browning foods.
Usage
- A skillet is a common kitchen utensil for stovetop cooking.
- It is often made of materials like cast iron, stainless steel, or non-stick coated aluminum.
- The word is used interchangeably with "frying pan," though "skillet" can sometimes imply a heavier pan, like cast iron.
Examples
- Noun:
- She heated oil in the skillet before adding the onions.
- This cast iron skillet is perfect for making cornbread.
- Please wash the skillet after you finish cooking the eggs.
Advanced Usage
- "To be handed a hot skillet": To be given a difficult or unpleasant situation to handle.
- When the manager quit suddenly, his assistant was handed a real hot skillet.
- "Like a skillet handle": An informal simile describing something that is very hot to the touch.
- Be careful, the car door is like a skillet handle after being in the sun all day.
Variants and Related Words
- Frying pan (n): A direct synonym for skillet.
- Sauté pan (n): A pan with straight sides and a lid, often used for techniques like sautéing and braising, which can sometimes be confused with a skillet.
- Griddle (n): A flat cooking surface without raised sides, used for pancakes, eggs, etc.
Synonyms
- Frying pan: The most common synonym.
- Frypan: A less common variant.
- Spat (informal, regional): A rarely used slang term.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(Note: "Skillet" is a noun and does not form standard phrasal verbs. Phrases involve its use as an object.) - To season a skillet: The process of treating a cast-iron skillet with oil to create a natural non-stick coating. - You need to season your new cast iron skillet properly. - To deglaze a skillet: Adding liquid to a hot skillet to loosen browned food particles from the bottom, creating a sauce. - After searing the steak, deglaze the skillet with red wine to make a pan sauce.
Related Idioms
- "Out of the frying pan and into the fire": To go from a bad situation to one that is worse. (This idiom uses "frying pan," a synonym for skillet).
- By quitting his job without another lined up, he jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Noun
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a pan used for frying foods
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