frying pan
noun/ˈfraɪɪŋ pæn/
/ˈfraɪɪŋ pæn/
(North American English also frypan
Idioms /ˈfraɪpæn/
/ˈfraɪpæn/
, skillet)- a large shallow pan with a long handle, used for frying food in
- Heat the butter in a heavy-based frying pan.
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Idioms
See frying pan in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryout of the frying pan into the fire
- (saying) from a bad situation to one that is worse
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