large saucepan

  • 81pan — pan1 [ pæn ] noun count ** ▸ 1 container for cooking ▸ 2 part of set of scales ▸ 3 steel drum ▸ 4 for separating gold ▸ 5 part of toilet ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a round metal container used for cooking, with a handle and usually a lid. A saucepan has… …

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  • 82but — [[t]bət, STRONG bʌt[/t]] ♦ buts 1) CONJ COORD You use but to introduce something which contrasts with what you have just said, or to introduce something which adds to what you have just said. You said you d stay till tomorrow. I know, Bel, but I… …

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  • 83medium-sized — ADJ: usu ADJ n (The form medium size is also used.) Medium sized means neither large nor small, but approximately half way between the two. Bring the milk to the boil in a medium sized saucepan... Small and medium sized accountancy firms are… …

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  • 84pan — [[t]pæ̱n[/t]] ♦♦♦ pans, panning, panned 1) N COUNT A pan is a round metal container with a long handle, which is used for cooking things in, usually on top of a cooker or stove. Heat the butter and oil in a large pan. Syn: saucepan 2) N COUNT A… …

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  • 85some — [[t]səm, STRONG sʌm[/t]] ♦ 1) DET: DET n uncount/pl n You use some to refer to a quantity of something or to a number of people or things, when you are not stating the quantity or number precisely. Robin opened some champagne... Heat a couple of… …

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  • 86fill — 1 /fIl/ verb 1 MAKE STH FULL a) also fill up (T) to put the right amount of a liquid, substance, or material into a container, or put in enough to make it full: I filled a saucepan and put it on the stove. | You ve filled the bath too full. |… …

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  • 87pan — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR COOKING a round metal container used for cooking usually, with one long handle and a lid; saucepan: Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water. 2 FOR BAKING CAKES ETC AmE a metal container for baking things in; tin BrE …

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  • 88medium-sized — UK [ˌmiːdɪəm ˈsaɪzd] / US [ˌmɪdɪəm ˈsaɪzd] adjective neither large nor small Use a medium sized saucepan …

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  • 89pan — I UK [pæn] / US noun [countable] Word forms pan : singular pan plural pans ** 1) a round metal container used for cooking, with a handle and usually a lid. A saucepan has tall sides and a frying pan is wider with shorter sides and usually no lid… …

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  • 90medium-sized — [ˌmiːdiəm ˈsaɪzd] adj neither large nor small Use a medium sized saucepan.[/ex] a medium sized business[/ex] …

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