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iron pan

British  

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

She also teaches the tricks to glamping in her Airstream travel trailer and tubing down the Guadalupe River and her dad offers a primer on seasoning a cast iron pan to perfection.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Rani, who like many Indians goes by one name, sat outside with her children on a high cot not far from the iron pan and its steady smoke.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2022

I’d gotten him some cooking supplies—an apron embroidered with “Big Tomato,” my nickname for him, and a nice cast iron pan.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

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