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 )