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Chafing dish   /tʃˈeɪfɪŋ dɪʃ/   Listen
Chafing dish

noun
1.
A metal pan over a heater; used to cook or to keep things warm at the table.





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"Chafing dish" Quotes from Famous Books



... but he said, "No, I can't tonight, as it is not a good time." Said the captain, "What is to hinder you?" "Well, sir, I do not like doing it this stormy weather." "That is all stuff and nonsense," replied the captain; "you must try. Come, set to work." So the man asked for a chafing dish, which was brought to him. There was a fire of charcoal in it. He said and did something (Mrs. Jackson did not tell us what), and after a while there appeared in the dish, coming out of the fire, a tiny tree, with a tiny man holding a hatchet. The tree ...
— The Adventure of Living • John St. Loe Strachey


Words linked to "Chafing dish" :   cookware, cooking utensil


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