frying pan
noun
1.
a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.
Idioms
2.
out of the frying pan into the fire,
free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one.
Also,
fry-pan,
frypan
[
frahy
-pan]
/ˈfraɪˌpæn/
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)
.
Also called
skillet
.
Origin
1350-1400;
Middle English
fryinge panne
British Dictionary definitions for
frying pan
frying pan
noun
1.
a long-handled shallow pan used for frying
2.
out of the frying pan into the fire,
from a bad situation to a worse one