stewpan

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stewpan

(ˈstjuːˌpæn) ;

stewpot

(ˈstjuːˌpɒt)

(Cookery) a saucepan used for stewing food

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stew•pan

(ˈstuˌpæn, ˈstyu-)

n.

a pan for stewing.

[1625–35]

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stewpan - a saucepan used for stewing

stewing pan

saucepan - a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling

Translations

casserole

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MeCaskey, and hurled a stewpan full of bacon and turnips at her lord.

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In a paroxysm of animosity and rapidity, Mr Pancks then caught the broad-brimmed hat out of the astounded Patriarch's hand, cut it down into a mere stewpan, and fixed it on the Patriarch's head.

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When she fell she grabbed hold of the shelf with all the milk pails and stewpans on it, and it gave way and went down with her and made a splendid crash.

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Porthos was in bed, and was playing a game at LANSQUENET with Mousqueton, to keep his hand in; while a spit loaded with partridges was turning before the fire, and on each side of a large chimneypiece, over two chafing dishes, were boiling two stewpans, from which exhaled a double odor of rabbit and fish stews, rejoicing to the smell.