grease-pan
Definition
- Noun:
- A drip tray for fat: "grease-pan" refers to a pan or receptacle used to catch and collect fat, oil, or drippings that fall from food during cooking, especially when roasting meat.
Usage Examples
- (A pan used to collect dripping fat from roasting meat.)
- (The receptacle that had collected the rendered fat.)
Advanced Usage
"to empty the grease-pan": to remove and dispose of the collected fat from the pan.
- Before washing the oven, remember to empty the grease-pan to prevent clogging. (Remove the accumulated fat.)
"grease-pan liner": a disposable sheet or foil placed inside the pan for easier cleaning.
- She used a grease-pan liner to avoid scrubbing the baked-on grease. (A protective lining for the drip tray.)
Variants and Related Words
Grease (n): animal fat or oil used in cooking or as a lubricant.
- The pan was coated with grease from the bacon. (Fat or oil.)
Pan (n): a metal container used for cooking, often with a handle.
- She heated the sauce in a heavy pan. (A cooking vessel.)
Synonyms
- Drip pan: a pan that catches drips, especially from a roasting oven.
- Drip tray: a tray placed under food to collect liquids or fat.
- Fat catcher: a container designed to capture rendered fat.
Related Idioms
"to grease the pan": to lubricate a cooking pan with fat or oil to prevent sticking.
- He greased the pan before baking the cake. (Applied fat to the surface.)
"out of the frying pan into the fire": to go from a bad situation to a worse one (idiom, not directly related to grease-pan but uses "pan").
- Leaving that job was like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. (Moving from difficulty to worse difficulty.)