English Explanatory Dictionary

saucepan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.
verb
  1. To cook in a saucepan
  2. To hit with a saucepan
name
  1. A pot-shaped asterism in the constellation Orion, consisting of Orion's Belt, Orion's Sword, and the star Eta Orionis.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɔsˌpæn/ /ˈsɔːs.pən/ /ˈsoːsˌpɛn/ /ˈsoːs.pɘn/ En-uk-a saucepan.ogg

Word forms

saucepan saucepans saucepanning saucepanned the Saucepan

Etymology

From sauce + pan.

Derived words

milk saucepan saucepan fish saucepanful saucepanlike
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