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FRYING PAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frying pan mean?
• FRYING PAN (noun)
The noun FRYING PAN has 1 sense:
1. a pan used for frying foods
Familiarity information: FRYING PAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pan used for frying foods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("frying pan" is a kind of...):
cooking pan; pan (cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel)
Meronyms (parts of "frying pan"):
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frying pan"):
electric frying pan (a frying pan heated by electricity)
spider (a skillet made of cast iron)
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