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chafing dish definition

chaf·ing dish (c̸hāf′iŋ)

a pan with a heating apparatus beneath it, to cook food at the table or to keep food hot

Etymology: see chafe

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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