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 dripping pan and strew cubes of pork around meat.

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

Place in a buttered, granite dripping pan one and one-half inches apart, sift sugar around dumplings and pour cold water over sugar.

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

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 Juliet Corson

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

Wipe meat, sprinkle with salt, pepper, dredge with flour and arrange on rack in dripping pan.

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