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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
    from a bad situation to a worse one
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of frying pan1

1350–1400; Middle English fryinge panne
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. out of the frying pan into the fire, free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one.
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When you need a frying pan to cook fluffy omelets, a skillet to brown mushrooms, or a sheet pan for baking an afternoon treat of chocolate chip cookies, it’s tempting to reach for something nonstick.

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It is a sort of non-stick frying pan solution, meaning that layers of molten aluminium do not get stuck on this expensive equipment.

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Yes, Augusztiny acknowledged, lawns have appeal, but not in his West Valley neighborhood where “concrete is the equivalent of a frying pan,” and sustaining thirsty turf in triple-digit heat is impossible.

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When sunny skies returned, the Olympic skate park — made of concrete and shaped like a bowl — became a giant frying pan.

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There are drones on every surface, next to a frying pan with their evening meal.

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