Saucepan
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noun.
A deep cooking pan with a handle.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Originally, a pan for cooking sauces.
noun.
A small metallic vessel for cooking, having a cover, and a long handle projecting nearly horizontally from the side.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for
boiling
,
stewing
and making
sauces
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling
Word Usage
"Combine powder, sugar and 1 tbsp of milk to a paste in saucepan, add remaining milk and heat to just under the boil."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
cooking pan
pan
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
double boiler
double saucepan
stewing pan
stewpan
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
basin
boiler
bowl
cauldron
coffee-pot
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
stewpan