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drip pan

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drip pan

–noun
1. a pan for collecting liquid waste: Put a drip pan under the crankcase.
2. dripping pan.

dripping pan

–noun
a shallow metal pan used under roasting meat to receive the drippings.
Also, drip pan.


Origin:
1425–75
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drip pan  
n.  
  1. A pan for catching liquid waste: Oil seeped from the engine to the drip pan I placed on the garage floor.

  2. See dripping pan.

dripping pan  
n.  A pan for catching the drippings from roasting meat. Also called drip pan; also called regionally bakersheet.
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