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iron pan

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noun

  1. geology a hard layer of precipitated iron salts often found below the surface of sands and gravels

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Laura Cherkas gives Aurora Sanchez a cast iron pan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

You’re not going home, anyway, you’re staying up all night at the facility wondering why your quarterback throws the ball like a cast iron pan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

Back at home, Ecker, a preschool teacher, prepared lunch, lightly grilling bagels in a cast iron pan, slicing avocados, tossing a salad.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2023

As the sun began to set on Delhi, 45-year-old Rani hiked up her salwar pants, squatted next to the iron pan just outside her home, and lit a match.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022

She laid an iron pan atop the brazier and put the bacon in.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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