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

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.

Cover with fine, buttered bread crumbs, after arranging in dripping pan.

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

Meat when put down to roast, should have about a pint of water in the dripping pan.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous

Place on a well-buttered fish sheet, laid in a dripping pan.

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

Stuff the cavity with dressing, sew up the opening and place in dripping pan.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.