Get to know Skillet better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like frypan or pan.
Skillet meaning
- A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
- A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.
- A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.
Using Skillet
- The main meaning on this page is: A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace. | A pan for frying, generally large and heavy. | A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.
- Useful related words include: frying pan, frypan, pan, cooking pan.
- In the example corpus, skillet often appears in combinations such as: skillet over, the skillet, large skillet.
Context around Skillet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 13.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skillet
- In this selection, "skillet" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 13.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, iron, inch, large, bring, kitchen and cut stand out and add context to how "skillet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a large skillet over medium and 10 inch skillet. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skillet" sits close to words such as accrued, angled and angst, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skillet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Do not clean the skillet. (5 words)
Be sure to cover the skillet handle. (7 words)
In skillet, cook chopped bacon 4 minutes. (7 words)
Remove skillet from heat and pour chicken broth and milk into the skillet; bring the mixture to a boil and cook to thicken slightly, about 1 minute. (27 words)
A cast-iron skillet for $20 You can also use a cast-iron pan in your pizza oven to sear steaks or pan-roast broccoli. (25 words)
Across the Red Skillet Kitchen special menu, this day’s spicy shrimp and Andouille sausage gumbo was one of my personal favorites. (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
Remove skillet from heat and pour chicken broth and milk into the skillet; bring the mixture to a boil and cook to thicken slightly, about 1 minute.
A cast-iron skillet for $20 You can also use a cast-iron pan in your pizza oven to sear steaks or pan-roast broccoli.
Across the Red Skillet Kitchen special menu, this day’s spicy shrimp and Andouille sausage gumbo was one of my personal favorites.
Add about 1/4 cup batter to skillet.
Add the batter and quickly return the skillet to the oven.
Add the lemon halves to the skillet, cut side down.
Be sure to cover the skillet handle.
Cover skillet and continue to cook eggs over medium heat until firm, not runny (about 8 minutes).
Do not clean the skillet.
For most ovens, you’ll be looking for something like a 10-inch skillet.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large, nonstick skillet on medium-high until hot.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large skillet, over medium-high heat.
Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat.
Heat canola oil — about 2 inches in depth — in a wide-rimmed skillet or Dutch oven using medium-high heat.
Heat remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in the skillet until hot but not smoking.
In a 12-inch skillet over medium-high, heat the oil until shimmering.
In a Dutch oven or deep skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.
In skillet, cook chopped bacon 4 minutes.
Lodge cast-iron skillet that'll present you with perfectly seared steak every time.
Neither Skillet nor are strangers to Evansville.
Common combinations with skillet
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- skillet over 29×
- the skillet 27×
- large skillet 19×
- skillet and 18×
- in skillet 11×
- cast-iron skillet 9×
- nonstick skillet 7×
- skillet to 6×
- skillet heat 6×
- iron skillet 6×