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  • 61pan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pot, kettle, saucepan; skillet, spider, grill; dishpan; utensil, vessel. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pot, vessel, kettle, container, pail, bucket, baking pan, gold pan; see also container …

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  • 62bottom — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a the lowest point or part (bottom of the stairs). b the part on which a thing rests (bottom of a saucepan). c the underneath part (scraped the bottom of the car). d the furthest or inmost part (bottom of the garden). 2 colloq …

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  • 63double — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of two identical parts. 2 twice as much or many (double the amount; double the number; double thickness). 3 having twice the usual size, quantity,… …

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  • 64double boiler — noun two saucepans, one fitting inside the other • Syn: ↑double saucepan • Hypernyms: ↑saucepan * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] : a pair of deep cooking pans that fit together so that the contents of the top pan can be cooked or heated by boiling… …

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  • 65medium-sized — adjective intermediate in size • Syn: ↑medium size, ↑moderate sized, ↑moderate size • Similar to: ↑sized * * * /mee dee euhm suyzd /, adj. neither very large nor very small: a medium sized house. [1880 85] * * * medium sized UK …

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  • 66stewing pan — noun a saucepan used for stewing • Syn: ↑stewpan • Hypernyms: ↑saucepan …

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  • 67stewpan — noun a saucepan used for stewing • Syn: ↑stewing pan • Hypernyms: ↑saucepan …

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  • 68Casserole — Cas se*role . [F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin.] 1. (Chem.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cookery) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste,… …

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  • 69casserole — noun Etymology: French, saucepan, from Middle French, diminutive of casse ladle, dripping pan, from Old Occitan cassa, perhaps ultimately from Greek kyathos ladle Date: 1708 1. a dish in which food may be baked and served 2. food cooked and… …

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  • 70Bakelite — (pronEng|ˈbеɪkɨlaɪt) is a material based on the thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, developed in 1907–1909 by Belgian Dr. Leo Baekeland. Formed by the reaction under heat and pressure of phenol (a toxic,… …

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