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SAUCEPAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("saucepan" is a kind of...):
cooking pan; pan (cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel)
Meronyms (parts of "saucepan"):
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 "saucepan"):
double boiler; double saucepan (two saucepans, one fitting inside the other)
stewing pan; stewpan (a saucepan used for stewing)