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Frying-pan definition

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A shallow, long-handled pan used for frying food.
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A shallow pan with a handle, for frying food.
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A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.
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out of the frying pan into the fire
  • from a bad situation into a worse one
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Noun

Singular:
frying-pan
Plural:
frying-pans

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

Origin of frying-pan

Frying-pan Sentence Examples

  • She shut the stove off and moved the frying pan.

  • Martha was mixing batter while Quinn stood at the stove, heating a frying pan.

  • I...I whacked him in the head with the frying pan.

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