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noun
A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
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noun
A pan for frying, generally large and heavy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
A dish or meal cooked in such a pan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, attributive, sometimes
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verb
To cook in a skillet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
a pan used for frying foods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: frying pan, frypan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pan, cooking pan
Narrower terms: electric frying pan, spider
History
From Old French escuëlette, diminutive of escuëlle (“a porringer”), (French écuelle), from Vulgar Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra, scuta (“tray, dish”). Compare scuttle (“basket”).
Across languages
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
