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• enPR: skĭlʹĭt, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈskɪlɪt/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɪlɪt

Old French escuelette, diminutive of escuelle (“a porringer”), (French écuelle), from Vulgar Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra, scuta (“tray, dish”). Compare scuttle (“basket”).

skillet (plural skillets)

1. (US) A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.

   Heat some oil in a cast-iron skillet and add the onions.

2. (US, sometimes attributive) 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?

3. (US) A colloquial term for a close friend

   Before this year Brad was my home skillet, but now we're even closer, he's my home skilly biscuit! ^_^

• (pan for frying): frying pan (UK, US)

skillet (third-person singular simple present skillets, present participle skilleting, simple past and past participle skilleted)

1. To cook in a skillet.
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Although somewhat common, skillet is less common than frying pan in American English. It is not likely to be recognized in British English, where the term frying pan is used alone.

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skillet n

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) definite singular of skille