frying pan

Thân thiện

She uses a frying pan to cook eggs for breakfast.

Definition

Noun: A shallow, flat-bottomed cooking pan with a long handle, used primarily for frying food over direct heat.

Usage

The term "frying pan" refers specifically to the kitchen utensil. It is a countable noun. * She heated oil in the frying pan before adding the onions. * This recipe requires a large, non-stick frying pan. * He cleaned the frying pan after cooking breakfast.

Advanced Usage

• "Out of the frying pan and into the fire": This is an idiom meaning to escape from a bad or difficult situation only to find oneself in a worse one.
  • By quitting his stressful job without another lined up, he jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Variants and Related Words

• Frypan (noun): A less common, contracted form of "frying pan".
• Skillet (noun): A synonym, often used interchangeably, especially in American English. A skillet may sometimes refer to a pan with slightly sloped sides.
• Pan (noun): A broader term for various cooking vessels. "Frying pan" is a specific type of pan.

Synonyms

Skillet, frypan.

Related Idioms

• "Out of the frying pan and into the fire": To go from a bad situation to a worse one.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a pan used for frying foods

Từ đồng nghĩa

• frypan
• skillet