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frying-pan

frying pan
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /fraɪ pæn/
    • /fraɪ pæn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /fraɪ pæn/

Definitions of frying-pan word

  • noun frying-pan a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried. 1
  • idioms frying-pan out of the frying pan into the fire, free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one. 1
See all 2 definitions of frying-pan

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Origin of frying-pan

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English fryinge panne

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Parts of speech for Frying-pan

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Frying-pan

frying-pan popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for frying-pan

noun frying-pan

  • wok — a large bowl-shaped pan used in cooking Chinese food.
  • gridiron — a football field.
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All 3 Synonyms of frying-pan

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    any polymer, plastic, or resin having the formula (C 2 F 4) n , prepared from tetrafluoroethylene, noted for its slippery, nonsticking properties, and used in the manufacture of gaskets, electrical insulation, tubing, candy molds, container linings, frying-pan coatings, etc.
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