FRYING PAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A pan used for frying foods

Synonyms:

frying pan; frypan; skillet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("frying pan" is a kind of...):

cooking pan; pan (cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel)

Meronyms (parts of "frying pan"):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frying pan"):

electric frying pan (a frying pan heated by electricity)

spider (a skillet made of cast iron)