chafing dish
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.
a vessel that holds charcoal or the like, for heating anything set over it.
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How to use chafing dish in a sentence
You have told me that when you go home you make yourself a chafing-dish supper.
Mary Gray | Katharine TynanA chafing-dish supper is, however, an unique and enjoyable entertainment.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainTea served here and chafing-dish ready for the midnight rabbit.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonAll at once Mr. Bundy perceived the chafing-dish and descended upon it.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonAs the climate is cold, they put a chafing-dish with live coals under every plate and dish to keep them warm.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend Brady
British Dictionary definitions for chafing dish
/ (ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ) /
a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
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