Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A shallow, long-handled pan used for frying food. Also called skillet; also called regionally fry pan, spider.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A shallow pan, commonly of iron, with a long handle, used for frying meat and vegetables.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. an iron pan with a long handle, used for frying meat, vegetables, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a pan used for frying foods
Etymologies
- frying + pan (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Beneath it was an emergency kit of medi - cines, a large lunch box, a pair of Reed's boots and a bulging bag which rattled with coffee pot, frying pan and sauce pans.”
Manuscript Draft: Walter Reed: Doctor in Uniform, by Laura Wood, [19 -- ]
“After her return, after that heart-sinking moment of coming back to the greasy frying pan and the littered table, there was cleaning.”
“Having jumped from one frying pan into the next, the Chatmans understandably feel it might do little good to move elsewhere in Buffalo.”
“Then the huge blackamoor approached the frying pan and upset it with the branch and went forth by the way he came in.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘frying pan’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
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TECH - furniture
The universe as IKEA sees it.
Furniture, haberdashery, household articles and a lot more. The bulk of the list (750 entries) are IKEA articles in the original English version IKEA use...active-response c..., add-on-unit for s..., adjustable slatte..., alarm clock, alkaline battery, anti-slip socks, anti-slip underlay, armchair, armrest, artificial flower, artificial garland, artificial plant ... and 830 more...
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kitchen utensils
glass, knife, fork, teapot, oven, spoon, plate, frying pan, saucepan, masher, spatula, strainer and 13 more...
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Tunie: One Week
I always forget that this humorous song is actually about a fight.
It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said "I'm angry"
Five days s...home, sorry, smile, blame, living room, tendency, funeral, laugh, wrong, iron, nub, better and 14 more...
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TN5 Lesson 52
discount store, Kmart, cart, shopping cart, pans, frying pan, pot, cookware, set, piece, 7-piece set, cook and 14 more...
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Dictionary
dilettante, frostjack, perfunctory, impresario, paparazzi, pastiche, lollipop, Cymru, nub, bivouac, knapsack, hoodlum and 80 more...
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