noun
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saucepan
SAWS-puhn
Saucepan (noun) means a deep cooking pot with a long handle, used on a stovetop for boiling or simmering food. Example: “He heated the soup in a saucepan.”
noun
1
A deep cooking pot with a long handle, used on a stovetop for boiling or simmering food.
"He heated the soup in a saucepan."
"Fill a saucepan with water and bring it to a boil."
How to use saucepan
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pot with a handle, used for cooking things like soup or sauce on the stove.
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Common pairings
a large saucepan
boil in a saucepan
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Word forms
- Plural
- saucepans
- Third person singular
- saucepans
- Past tense
- saucepanned
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He heated the soup in a _____.
Etymology
A straightforward combination of "sauce" and "pan," describing a pan originally used for making sauces.
Rhymes for saucepan
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What does “saucepan” mean?
The word “saucepan” means a deep cooking pot with a long handle, used on a stovetop for boiling or simmering food. In plain terms, a pot with a handle, used for cooking things like soup or sauce on the stove.
How do you pronounce “saucepan”?
“Saucepan” is pronounced SAWS-puhn (/ˈsɔsˌpæn/ in IPA).
How do you use “saucepan” in a sentence?
Here is “saucepan” used in a sentence: “He heated the soup in a saucepan.”
What part of speech is “saucepan”?
“Saucepan” is a noun.
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