dripping pan

American  

Or drip pan

noun

1. a shallow metal pan used under roasting meat to receive the drippings.

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dripping pan British  

noun

1. a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping

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Etymology

Origin of dripping pan

First recorded in 1425–75

Example Sentences

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dripping pan

Lay in a well-greased dripping pan and brown in a hot oven.

From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.

Steam until tender, then remove to dripping pan; dredge with flour, pepper and salt, and brown delicately in oven.

From Civic League Cook Book by

Place in dripping pan, and bake in hot oven forty-five minutes, turning when half done.

From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.

Wipe meat, sprinkle with salt, pepper, dredge with flour and arrange on rack in dripping pan.

From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.

Remove to well-greased dripping pan and add to fat three onions thinly sliced; cook until delicately browned, stirring often.

From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.