saucepan
UK /ˈsɔːs.pən/ · US /ˈsɔsˌpæn/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms saucepans saucepanning saucepanned the Saucepan
- noun (countable, cooking) A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.
- verb To cook in a saucepan
- verb To hit with a saucepan
- proper noun (Australia, uranography) A pot-shaped asterism in the constellation Orion, consisting of Orion's Belt, Orion's Sword, and the star Eta Orionis.
Etymology
From sauce + pan.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “saucepan”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details