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Definition of "frying pan" [frying pan]

  • A shallow, long-handled pan used for frying food. Also called skillet; also called regionally fry pan, spider. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "frying pan" in a sentence
  • "Beneath it was an emergency kit of medi - cines, a large lunch box, a pair of Reed's boots and a bulging bag which rattled with coffee pot, frying pan and sauce pans."
  • "After her return, after that heart-sinking moment of coming back to the greasy frying pan and the littered table, there was cleaning."
  • "Having jumped from one frying pan into the next, the Chatmans understandably feel it might do little good to move elsewhere in Buffalo."