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frying pan
noun
- a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.
frying pan
noun
- a long-handled shallow pan used for frying
- out of the frying pan into the firefrom a bad situation to a worse one
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of frying pan1
Idioms and Phrases
- out of the frying pan into the fire, free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one.
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Example Sentences
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.
It is a sort of non-stick frying pan solution, meaning that layers of molten aluminium do not get stuck on this expensive equipment.
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.
When sunny skies returned, the Olympic skate park — made of concrete and shaped like a bowl — became a giant frying pan.
There are drones on every surface, next to a frying pan with their evening meal.
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