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

Place tomatoes in a granite dripping pan and bake until tomatoes are soft and crumbs are brown.

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

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.

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.

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

Lay thin slices of salt pork or bacon in the bottom of a dripping pan, set the roast on them; lay thin slices of salt pork over the meat and place in a hot oven.

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