chicken casserole
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈtʃɪkɪn ˈkæsəroʊl/
:
cazuela de pollo
- chicken casserole for dinner
- make a chicken casserole
Examples
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Last night's leftover chicken casserole meat in low fashion, broccoli and Brussels sprouts and a little Riesling to take the edge off.
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She waited until Saturday, made the chicken casserole she usually brought to such occasions, put the letters in a nicer box, and drove down to the Tavistocks' old mausoleum of a house.
Fiction book (1993) -
We would sit nights at the dinner table over the mounds of healing food my mother made—chicken soup, chicken salad, chicken casserole—and laugh about the wigs she had to wear.
Fiction book (1997) -
For dinner, I made a delicious chicken casserole with vegetables and cheese.
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At the potluck, everyone raved about the chicken casserole that Jane brought.
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After a long day, nothing felt better than enjoying a warm bowl of chicken casserole.
Synonyms
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2.8
A meal of meat and vegetables baked together and served hot
A chicken dish cooked with tomatoes, mushrooms, and herbs in an Italian style
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'chicken' (the ingredient) + 'casserole' (a baked dish served in one dish); it simply names a casserole made with chicken. This clear noun-noun combination is cross-linguistically common and follows a straightforward pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand.
Etymology
Chicken casserole comes from the simple picture of pieces of chicken and vegetables put into a deep oven dish called a casserole and baked together. So, chicken casserole means 'a baked dish made with chicken and other ingredients'.