frying pan
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fry·ing pan
(frī′ĭng)n.
A shallow, long-handled pan used for frying food. Also called skillet; also called regionally fry pan, spider.
Our Living Language The terms frying pan and skillet are now virtually interchangeable, but there was a time when they were so regional as to be distinct dialect markers. Frying pan and the shortened version fry pan were once New England terms; frying pan is now in general use, as is the less common fry pan, now heard in the Atlantic states, the South, and the West, as well as New England. Skillet seems to have been confined to the Midland section of the country, including the Upper South. Its use is still concentrated there, but it is no longer used in that area alone, probably because of the national marketing of skillet dinner mixes. The term spider, originally denoting a type of frying pan that had long legs to hold it up over the coals, spread from New England westward to the Upper Northern states and down the coast to the South Atlantic states. It is still well known in both these regions, although it is now considered old-fashioned. See Note at andiron
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frying pan
orfry-pan
n
1. (Cookery) a long-handled shallow pan used for frying
2. out of the frying pan into the fire from a bad situation to a worse one
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
fry′ing pan`
n.
a shallow long-handled pan in which food is fried.
Idioms: out of the frying pan into the fire, free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one.
Also, fry′pan`.[1350–1400]
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frying pan
skillet
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| Noun | 1. |  frying pan - a pan used for frying foods electric frying pan - a frying pan heated by electricity handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" cooking pan, pan - cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel spider - a skillet made of cast iron |
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Translations
pánev
stegepande
paistinpannu
tava za prženje
フライパン
프라이팬
steikepannestekepanne
stekpanna
กระทะทอด
chảo rán
frying pan
n → Bratpfanne f; to jump out of the frying pan into the fire (Prov) → vom Regen in die Traufe kommen (Prov)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
frying pan
[ˈfraɪɪŋˈpæn] n → padellato jump out of the frying pan into the fire → cadere dalla padella nella brace
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
frying pan
→ مِقْلاة pánev stegepande Bratpfanne τηγάνι sartén paistinpannu poêle tava za prženje padella per friggere フライパン 프라이팬 koekenpan stekepanne patelnia frigideira сковорода stekpanna กระทะทอด kızartma tavası chảo rán 煎锅Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009