🧀 A baked dish 🍲 A small baking dish

ramequin

9.9

A small dish that is safe in the oven for baking and serving one portion

noun
/ˈræmɪkɪn/

Archaic

: ramequín

She baked the soufflés in individual ramequins to serve at dinner.

Examples

Please place the chocolate lava cake in a ramequin before putting it in the oven.
The chef served the soufflé in a beautiful ramequin.
Each guest received a ramequin filled with creamy macaroni and cheese.
I baked a delicious chocolate dessert in a ramequin.
Each guest received a ramequin filled with creamy macaroni and cheese.
Please place the chocolate lava cake in a ramequin before putting it in the oven.
The chef served the soufflé in a beautiful ramequin.

Synonyms

ramekin

vsramequin

4 7.1

A small round dish used for baking and serving single portions

has identical meaning but differs in spelling and word form

cassolette

vsramequin

9.9

A small dish used to cook and serve a single portion of food

is more general and not limited to ovenproof baking use

timbales

vsramequin

9.0

Small baked dishes served individually as a starter or dessert

focuses on an ovenproof round dish used for baking individual portions

patty-pan

vsramequin

9.8

A shallow baking dish for making small pies

is deeper and rounder suited to oven baking single servings

How Big

ovenware

3.9

casserole

13 2.7

coffee cup

34 1.0

ramequin

Archaic

9.9

Surface Forms

ramequin singular

ramequins plural

Etymology

Ramequin comes from the same French and old Dutch word rammeken meaning 'little toasted thing', and the name moved from the food to the dish it was cooked in. That's why a ramequin also means the small, round ovenproof dish used to bake and serve one portion.