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chiefly British
: a small kettle or pot usually having three or four often long feet and used for cooking on the hearth
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In addition there are food trucks, including made-to-order breakfast burritos — prepared on separate skillets for meat and vegan — and dumplings.
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Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Slide skillet into the oven and roast fillets for 5 to 7 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the fish registers 130 degrees.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Put this one-skillet meal on your weeknight rotation.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
To make your stainless steel cookware behave more like a nonstick skillet, first, preheat your pan on medium-low heat.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Slide skillet into the oven and roast fillets for 5 to 7 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the fish registers 130 degrees.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Put this one-skillet meal on your weeknight rotation.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
To make your stainless steel cookware behave more like a nonstick skillet, first, preheat your pan on medium-low heat.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for skillet
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“Skillet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skillet. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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skillet
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skil·let
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