noun

• (chiefly UK, historical) A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
• (chiefly US) A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.
  "Heat some oil in a cast-iron skillet and add the onions."
• (US, sometimes attributive) A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.
  "This is an easy skillet with potatoes and bacon."

verb

• (US) To cook in a skillet.
  "Now that the season has arrived in many parts of the country for the nimrods to load their trusty Thirty-Thirties and go forth in quest of the elusive deer, it seems an appropriate time to say a word about the skilleting of venison — which can be a pretty tough and dry proposition if not properly handled."