drip pan

noun

variants or dripping pan
1
usually drip pan : a container for catching material that drips from above (as from the burners of a gas range or a piece of oily machinery)
2
usually dripping pan : a usually shallow rectangular metal pan used especially for baking and roasting

Word History

Etymology

drip pan from drip entry 2 + pan; dripping pan from Middle English drepyngpanne, from drepyng dripping + panne pan

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“Drip pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drip%20pan. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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