- warming pan
- `warming ,pan noun counta metal container filled with hot coal, used in the past to make beds warm
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warming pan
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Warming pan — Warming Warm ing, a. & n. from {Warm}, v. [1913 Webster] {Warming pan}, a long handled covered pan into which live coals are put, used for warming beds. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
warming pan — n a metal container with a long handle, used in the past to hold hot coals for warming beds … Dictionary of contemporary English
warming pan — n. a long handled, covered pan for holding live coals: formerly used to warm beds … English World dictionary
warming pan — noun a long handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed • Hypernyms: ↑pan * * * ˈwarming pan f5 [warming pan] noun a metal container with a long handle that, in the past, was filled with hot coals and used to warm beds … Useful english dictionary
warming pan — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms warming pan : singular warming pan plural warming pans a metal container filled with hot coal, used in the past to make beds warm … English dictionary
warming pan — warm′ing pan n. a long handled, covered pan filled with live coals or hot water, formerly used for warming a bed • Etymology: 1565–75 … From formal English to slang
warming pan — a long handled, covered pan, usually of brass, filled with live coals or hot water for warming a cold bed. [1565 75] * * * … Universalium
warming pan — noun historical a wide, flat brass pan on a long handle, filled with hot coals and used for warming a bed … English new terms dictionary
warming pan — /ˈwɔmɪŋ pæn/ (say wawming pan) noun a long handled, covered, flat vessel, as of brass, for holding hot coals or the like, formerly in common use for warming beds before they were to be occupied …
warming pan — noun (C) a metal container with a long handle, used in the past to hold hot coals for warming beds … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
