nonstick

2.1

A surface that keeps food from staying on it when you cook

adjective
/ˈnɒnˌstɪk/

: antiadherente

To prevent the eggs from sticking to the pan, use a nonstick frying pan while cooking.
nonstick skillet
a large nonstick skillet
a heavy nonstick skillet

Ceramic is great as well as a nonstick option.

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Examples

Filter your drinking water, upgrade your cookware, get rid of the nonstick in favor of stainless steel or cast iron.
And I use a special little pan called a nonstick pan.
Ceramic is great as well as a nonstick option.

Ed Mylett
You better you better not be using that on a nonstick pan.
We need to brush the pan with oil or use a nonstick cooking spray.
OK, so do you guys remember a couple of vlogs back I bought this, it says nonstick pan.
Yeah, you just make egg and rice in Teflon, nonstick pan high.
And so I can cut the film and peel off the nonstick layer, and then I can transfer it over to the felt and I can apply it using an iron.

Baumgartner Restoration
Make sure every centimeter is sprayed with nonstick spray insides, too.
When introducing Braille or teaching new characters or contractions, I frequently use neon-colored ping pong balls and a minimuffin pan with a dark, nonstick surface.

Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

Teflon-coated

vsnonstick

Specialized

1 4.9

A surface with a smooth non-stick layer used on pans and pots for cooking

is a designed cooking surface that prevents food from sticking

non-sticky

vsnonstick

2.8

Does not stay on surfaces and comes off easily

is specifically made for cookware to stop food from adhering while cooking

nonadhesive

vsnonstick

6.5

Does not stick to skin or other surfaces

is focused on kitchen cookware design preventing food attachment during cooking

Antonyms

sticky

126 1.0

Covered with a substance that keeps it on other things

How Sticky

adhesive

3 3.5

sticky

126 1.0

nonstick

2.1

slippery

80 1.0

Surface Forms

nonstick positive

Morphology

nonstick = stick (transparent) = non + stick

The meaning is a straightforward negative formed with 'non-' + 'stick', commonly used to mean 'does not stick'.

Etymology

Nonstick comes from the parts non- meaning 'not' and stick meaning 'to stay attached'. So a nonstick pan is made so food does not stay attached to it, which is why cooking and cleaning are easier.