warming pan
- noun
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cazuela
- Our restaurant uses a warming pan to ensure all dishes are served at the right temperature.
Examples
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The warming pan kept the soup hot until dinner.
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He placed the bread in a warming pan to keep it fresh and warm during the meal.
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The soup stayed hot for hours in the warming pan.
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I bought two warming pans for the holiday party.
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Our restaurant uses a warming pan to ensure all dishes are served at the right temperature.
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The soup stayed hot for hours in the warming pan.
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He placed the bread in a warming pan to keep it fresh and warm during the meal.
Synonyms
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3.4
A small portable electric cooker with one or two burners for cooking and keeping food warm
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6.4
A metal pan on a small heater used to cook or keep food hot at the table
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3.2
A small electric device that heats, cooks, or keeps food warm
A metal container that keeps cooked food warm at buffets
How Warm
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a pan designed to keep food warm' is directly and compositionally derived from 'warming' (producing or keeping heat) + 'pan' (a cooking vessel); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer this. This noun+modifier pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so the expression is predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Warming pan also names a shallow covered pan put near the table or on a stand to keep food hot before serving. The image of a pan used for warming food explains why it means 'to keep food warm'.