Skillet vs Roast - What's the difference?
skillet | roast |
(US) A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.
(US) A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.
(US, as a modifier) Cooked in a skillet.
(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
* Francis Bacon
(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
* Shakespeare
(figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously
(figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
(metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
(en noun)
A cut of meat suited to roasting
A meal consisting of roast foods.
The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
(Originally fraternal) A comical event where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
having been cooked by roasting
(figuratively) subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized
As nouns the difference between skillet and roast
is that skillet is a pan for frying, generally large and heavy while roast is a cut of meat suited to roasting.As a verb roast is
to cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.As an adjective roast is
having been cooked by roasting.skillet
English
Noun
(en noun)- Heat some oil in a cast-iron skillet and add the onions.
- This is an easy skillet with potatoes and bacon.
- Can you make up a quick skillet hash?
Synonyms
* (pan for frying): frying pan (qualifier)Usage notes
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.Anagrams
*roast
English
Verb
(en verb)- to roast meat on a spit
- to roast a potato in ashes
- In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned.
- Coffee beans need roasting before use.
- to roast chestnuts or peanuts
- roasted in wrath and fire
- I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.
- The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.
Coordinate terms
* (to cook) bake, boil, broil, fry, grill, poach, toastDerived terms
* roasting ear * roasting jackNoun
- Dark roast''' means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light '''roast .
