Casserole vs. Stew

Casserolenoun

A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

Casserolenoun

Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.

Casseroleverb

(transitive) To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew.

Casserolenoun

A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

Casserolenoun

A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat.

Casserolenoun

food cooked and served in a casserole

Casserolenoun

large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served

Casserole

A casserole (French: diminutive of casse, from Provençal cassa 'pan') is a variety of a large, deep pan or bowl used for cooking a variety of dishes in the oven; it is also a category of foods cooked in such a utensil. To distinguish the two uses, the pan can be called a or , whereas the food is simply .

Stewnoun

(obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

Stewnoun

A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.

Stewnoun

(archaic) A brothel.

Stewnoun

(obsolete) A prostitute.

Stewnoun

A dish cooked by stewing.

Stewnoun

(Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.

Stewnoun

An artificial bed of oysters.

Stewnoun

(slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.

Stewnoun

A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

Stewverb

To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

Stewverb

(transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.

Stewverb

To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

Stewverb

To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

Stewnoun

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

Stewnoun

An artificial bed of oysters.

Stewnoun

A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

Stewnoun

A brothel; - usually in the plural.

Stewnoun

A prostitute.

Stewnoun

A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.

Stewnoun

A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.

Stewverb

To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.

Stewverb

To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

Stewnoun

agitation resulting from active worry;

Stewnoun

food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

Stewverb

be in a huff; be silent or sullen

Stewverb

bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

Stewverb

cook slowly and for a long time in liquid;

Stew

A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables and may include meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef, poultry, sausages, and seafood.