chafing dish

[ chey-fing ]

noun

1. an apparatus consisting of a metal dish with a lamp or heating appliance beneath it, for cooking food or keeping it hot at the table.
2. a vessel that holds charcoal or the like, for heating anything set over it.

chafing dish

/ ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ /

noun

1. a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table

Word History and Origins

Origin of chafing dish¹

1400–50; late Middle English chafing warming ( chafe, -ing ¹ )

Example Sentences

You have told me that when you go home you make yourself a chafing-dish supper.

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A chafing-dish supper is, however, an unique and enjoyable entertainment.

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Tea served here and chafing-dish ready for the midnight rabbit.

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All at once Mr. Bundy perceived the chafing-dish and descended upon it.

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As the climate is cold, they put a chafing-dish with live coals under every plate and dish to keep them warm.

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