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  • 21frying pan — UK [ˈfraɪɪŋ ˌpæn] / US noun [countable] Word forms frying pan : singular frying pan plural frying pans a flat metal pan with a long handle, used for cooking food in hot oil or fat • out of the frying pan (and) into the fire used for saying that… …

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  • 22Frying Pan Shoals — The Frying Pan Shoals are a long, shifting area of shoals off the coast of Cape Fear in North Carolina, United States. The shoals have been a hazard to ships in the area since the beginning of European exploration of the area; the area is… …

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  • 23Frying Pan Lake — Infobox lake lake name = Frying Pan Lake image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley, North Island coords = type = inflow = outflow = catchment = basin countries = New Zealand… …

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  • 24frying pan — (N. Amer. also frypan) noun a shallow pan with a long handle, used for frying food. Phrases out of the frying pan into the fire from a bad situation to one that is worse …

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  • 25frying pan — noun (C) 1 a round flat pan with a long handle, used for frying food; skillet AmE 2 out of the frying pan and into the fire to go from a bad situation to one that is even worse …

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  • 26frying pan — /ˈfraɪɪŋ pæn/ (say fruying pan) noun 1. a shallow pan with a long handle, in which food is fried. –adjective 2. Colloquial of no account; small time. –phrase 3. out of the frying pan into the fire, Colloquial from a bad situation to an even worse …

  • 27frying pan — noun a pan used for frying foods • Syn: ↑frypan, ↑skillet • Hypernyms: ↑pan, ↑cooking pan • Hyponyms: ↑electric frying pan, ↑spider …

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  • 28Frying — Fry Fry (fr[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fried} (fr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Frying}.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. ?, Skr. bhrajj. Cf. {Fritter}.] To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat …

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  • 29frying pan — noun Date: 14th century a metal pan with a handle that is used for frying foods called also fry pan …

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  • 30frying pan — 1. a shallow, long handled pan in which food is fried. 2. out of the frying pan into the fire, free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one. Also, fry pan, frypan /fruy pan /. Also called skillet. [1350 1400; ME fryinge panne] * * * …

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