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

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.

Return the strained fat to the dripping pan and place on the range.

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

Lay in a dripping pan and strew cubes of pork around meat.

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

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.

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

Drain and place them around rack in dripping pan in which meat is roasting and cook until tender.

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