dripping pan

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noun

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

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Origin of dripping pan

First recorded in 1425–75

Words nearby dripping pan

dripless, drippage, drip painting, drip pan, dripping, dripping pan, drippy, dripstone, dript, drisheen, drivability

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How to use dripping pan in a sentence

Put a platter under it or a dripping pan, and put the blower up in front of it.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery|Juliet Corson
Put the tenderloins in the dripping pan in the oven and bake them until they are thoroughly browned.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery|Juliet Corson
In order to keep them hot while you are frying the rest lay the paper on a dripping pan and set it in the oven.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery|Juliet Corson
Lard them, and lay slices of toasted bread in the dripping-pan to receive what falls from the birds while roasting.
Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed.|Sulpice Baru

Secure a 2-inch slice of ham, place it in a dripping pan, and completely cover it with milk.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

British Dictionary definitions for dripping pan

dripping pan

drip pan

noun

a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping

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