On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:32:39 -0700, David Harmon wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:28:43 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, zxcvbob
> > wrote,
>>
>>And what kind of casserole do you start with, Tuna Noodle?
>
> Just a large empty casserole, clearly enough. Are you asking what a
> casserole is? It's a pan that holds something baked in the oven,
> then served on the table directly from the pan.
>
> You could have looked that up for yourself, you know.
> Try http://onelook.com/
>

i find this little piece of software is the very balls:

<http://www.answers.com/main/download_answers_win.jsp>

alt + right mouse click on the word 'casserole' reveals a pop-up with this:

cas·se·role (kăs'ə-r�l')
n.