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.

Origin of chafing dish

1
1400–50; late Middle English chafing warming (see chafe, -ing1)

Words Nearby chafing dish

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

    The Complete Bachelor | Walter Germain
  • Tea served here and chafing-dish ready for the midnight rabbit.

    The Varmint | Owen Johnson
  • All at once Mr. Bundy perceived the chafing-dish and descended upon it.

    The Varmint | Owen Johnson
  • As 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

chafing dish

/ (ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ) /


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

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