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 Elizabeth O. Hiller

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

Put a platter under it or a dripping pan, and put the blower up in front of it.

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

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 Elizabeth O. Hiller

Roll like jelly roll; cut off slices one-half inch thick; set them close together, cut side down, in a greased dripping pan.

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