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

Put the tenderloins in the dripping pan in the oven and bake them until they are thoroughly browned.

From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Corson, Juliet

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.

Place the ducks on rack in dripping pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover breast and legs with very thin slices of fat salt pork.

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

Dip each piece of potato into syrup and arrange in dripping pan.

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

Place on rack in dripping pan, and dredge meat and bottom of pan with flour.

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