frying-pan
- noun
- B2
- Top 10000
A shallow round metal pan with one long handle, used to cook food in hot oil or fat.
Heat a little oil in the frying-pan before adding the onions.
The eggs stuck because the coating in that frying-pan is worn.
He flipped the pancake above the frying-pan and caught it neatly.
Never put a hot frying-pan straight under cold running water.
Common collocations: a non-stick frying-pan · a cast-iron frying-pan · heat the frying-pan · in a frying-pan · a large frying-pan
Part of: Kitchen utensils, Cooking
Forms
- plural
- frying-pans