nonstick

10 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

1 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

1 6.5

Does not stick to skin or other surfaces

is focused on kitchen cookware design preventing food attachment during cooking

Antonyms

sticky

132 1.0

Covered with a substance that keeps it on other things

How Sticky

adhesive

13 3.5

sticky

132 1.0

nonstick

10 2.1

slippery

87 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.