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saucepan.

A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɔsˌpæn/General-American/ˈsɔːs.pən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsoːs.pən/British, Southern, Standard/ˈsoːsˌpɛn/New-Zealand
  1. A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.

    countable
Where this word comes from

From sauce + pan.

verb/ˈsɔsˌpæn/General-American/ˈsɔːs.pən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsoːs.pən/British, Southern, Standard/ˈsoːsˌpɛn/New-Zealand
  1. To cook in a saucepan

  2. To hit with a saucepan

Where this word comes from

From sauce + pan.

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