skillet
Syllables: skil·let/ˈskɪl.ɪt/
skillet noun: a large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
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Noun
skillet (plural skillets)
- A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
- A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.
- Heat some oil in a cast-iron skillet and add the onions.
- Inside this paper plane
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Taboo and I are in the same boat
What's said from Pennywise
I guess we all float
Sky is the limit, I could die in a minute
Got my mind in a skillet
Suicide not a mission
See the vibe very timid
I'm timid and very...2018, “Black Balloons”, performed by Denzel Curry
- Synonyms:
- frying pan
- A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.
- This is an easy skillet with potatoes and bacon.
- Can you make up a quick skillet hash?
Verb
skillet (third-person singular simple present skillets, present participle skilleting, simple past and past participle skilleted)
- To cook in a skillet.
- Now that the season has arrived in many parts of the country for the nimrods to load their trusty Thirty-Thirties and go forth in quest of the elusive deer, it seems an appropriate time to say a word about the skilleting of venison — which can be a pretty tough and dry proposition if not properly...1960, The Cattleman, volume 47, page 46
- That said, Danton in manhood is probed and skilleted, admired and reviled in a multitude of memoirs written by contemporaries who love him, loathe him or simply stand and watch as the Danton tempest roars past.2010, David Lawday, The Giant of the French Revolution: Danton, A Life
skillet meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
skillet in Tamil
- வாணலி
skillet in Urdu
- skillet
- تابہ tābā
skillet in Bengali
- কড়াই, ফ্রাইং প্যান
skillet in Telugu
- స్కిల్లెట్, స్కిల్లెట్ చెయ్యడానికి
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- skillet in Malayalam
- സ്കില്ലെറ്റ്, സ്കില്ലെറ്റിലേക്ക്, സ്കില്ലെറ്റ് ചെയ്യാൻ
- skillet in Kannada
- ಕಾವಲಿಗೆ
- skillet in Gujarati
- સ્કિલેટ, સ્કિલેટ કરવા માટે, સ્કિલેટ કરવા
- skillet in Odia
- ସ୍କିଲେଟ୍ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, ସ୍କିଲେଟ୍ କରିବାକୁ, ସ୍କିଲେଟ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- skillet in Nepali
- स्किलेट, स्किलेट गर्न
Examples of skillet in a sentence
- I filled the cooking pot with water, and poured some cooking sherry into the skillet.
- I use a cast iron skillet for frying pancakes.
- If you prefer a more “noodly” texture, heat them in an ungreased skillet for a few minutes.
Synonyms of skillet
Forms of skillet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | skillets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | skillets |
| present participle | skilleting |
| past participle | skilleted |
| past | skilleted |
Origin of skillet
From Old French escuëlette, diminutive of escuëlle (“a porringer”), (French écuelle), from Vulgar Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra, scuta (“tray, dish”). Compare scuttle (“basket”).
Words formed from skillet
Phrases with skillet
Words that rhyme with skillet
Questions about skillet
- What does skillet mean?
- Skillet means a large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
- What is skillet in Tamil?
- Skillet in Tamil is வாணலி. See Skillet meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is skillet?
- Skillet can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce skillet?
- Skillet is pronounced /ˈskɪl.ɪt/.
- What is the plural of skillet?
- The plural of skillet is skillets.
Words near skillet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skillet (page history and authors); skillet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تابہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); skillet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); skillet (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skillet (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skillet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); skillet (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skillet (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skillet (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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