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chafing dish

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chafing dish

[chey-fing]
–noun
1. an apparatus consisting of a metal dish with a lamp or heating appliance beneath it, for cooking food or keeping it hot at the table.
2. a vessel that holds charcoal or the like, for heating anything set over it.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME chafing warming (see chafe, -ing 1 )
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chaf·ing dish   (chā'fĭng)
n.  A metal dish or pan mounted above a heating device and used to cook food or keep it warm at the table.
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