dripping pan

4.6

A shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch fat and juices

noun
/ˈdrɪpɪŋ pæn/

: bandeja para recoger jugos

Place a dripping pan under the rack to catch any fat from the roast lamb.

Examples

After the turkey cooked, she used the juices from the dripping pan to make gravy.
Remember to empty the dripping pan halfway through roasting if it becomes too full.
I placed the dripping pan under the roast.
The chef uses a new dripping pan for every meal.
After the turkey cooked, she used the juices from the dripping pan to make gravy.
Place a dripping pan under the rack to catch any fat from the roast lamb.
Remember to empty the dripping pan halfway through roasting if it becomes too full.

Synonyms

pan

vsdripping pan

268 1.0

A shallow wide container, usually metal, for cooking food

is specific to catching meat drips rather than general cooking use

drip pan

vsdripping pan

1 3.0

A shallow pan placed under a machine like a fridge to catch dripping liquid

is limited to catching fat and juices from roasting meat

How Deep

Dutch oven

7 4.1

dripping pan

4.6

plate

304 1.0

Surface Forms

dripping pan singular

dripping pans plural

Morphology

dripping + pan

The meaning is directly compositional: a 'dripping pan' is literally a pan that collects drippings (fat/juices) from cooking, constructed from 'dripping' (what drips) + 'pan' (a cooking vessel). This noun+noun combination follows straightforward English compounding patterns and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Dripping pan is a shallow pan put under roasting meat so the fat and juices that are dripping fall into it. That's why the name simply means the pan used to catch those cooking juices, often kept to make 'gravy'.