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View synonyms for frying pan

frying pan

noun

  1. a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.


frying pan

noun

  1. a long-handled shallow pan used for frying
  2. out of the frying pan into the fire
    out of the frying pan into the fire from a bad situation to a worse one


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Word History and Origins

Origin of frying pan1

1350–1400; Middle English fryinge panne

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. out of the frying pan into the fire, free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one.

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Example Sentences

Choosing a cordless kitchen scale means you can use it on any flat surface, moving it near mixing bowls and frying pans for easy reach.

Pat the crab mixture into cakes, and toss them into a frying pan that contains a small amount of hot olive oil.

Yes, they require a bit more love and attention than other frying pans and cookware.

Lift the vented lid to find a frying pan, four plates, four bowls, and four sporks, along with a drying rack, trivet, and cutting board.

Heat up your frying pan, add oil and stir-fry the garlic and ginger to infuse the flavor in the oil before adding your meat and vegetables.

Hard to know its scale (I like to imagine it frying-pan size) but its asymmetries speak to its origins.

Meanwhile, in your frying pan, saute garlic and peppers in remaining fat over medium-high heat for a minute or so.

Heat frying pan over medium heat, then add the broth/soy mixture.

Bialetti 8-inch nonstick frying pan  I use this pan for one thing: cooking eggs.

It's out of the frying pan and into the firing line for Prince Harry.

Shell jump out of the frying-pan into the fire, then; for the Townes, mother and son, are not worth a quarter of it.

It was not long before a fire was crackling cheerily and bacon was spitting in a frying pan over the blaze.

"I guess you've handled a frying pan before, all right," he remarked at last, when the bacon was fried without burning.

"Dump her in here, ole-timer," cried Bud, holding out the frying pan emptied of all but grease.

Bud propped the handle of the frying pan high with a forked stick, and stood up.

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