chafing dish

[ chey-fing ]

/ ˈtʃeɪ fɪŋ /

noun

an apparatus consisting of a metal dish with a lamp or heating appliance beneath it, for cooking food or keeping it hot at the table.

a vessel that holds charcoal or the like, for heating anything set over it.

Origin of chafing dish

1400–50; late Middle English chafing warming (see chafe, -ing¹)

Words nearby chafing dish

chafeweed, chaff, chaffer, chaffinch, chaffy, chafing dish, Chaga, Chagall, Chagall, Marc, Chagas' disease, Chagatai

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Example sentences from the Web for chafing dish

The chafing-dish buffet is something very convenient and attractive for the dining room.
Mission Furniture|H. H. Windsor
"Tell us about it, Ralph," said Duncan, as he emptied the cubes of cheese into the chafing-dish.
Stanford Stories|Charles K. Field
At each end of the table was a chafing-dish, and in the center was a huge cabbage surmounted by two natural-looking bunnies.
The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted|Katharine Ellis Barrett
We don't make them in the chafing-dish though, as I thought when I first went there.
The Annals of Ann|Kate Trimble Sharber

A current of lukewarm air, coming from the chafing-dish, escapes through the top.
The Life of the Spider|J. Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for chafing dish

chafing dish

/ (ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ) /

noun

a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table

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单词	chafing dish
释义	chafing dish [ chey-fing ] / ˈtʃeɪ fɪŋ / noun an apparatus consisting of a metal dish with a lamp or heating appliance beneath it, for cooking food or keeping it hot at the table. a vessel that holds charcoal or the like, for heating anything set over it. Origin of chafing dish 1400–50; late Middle English chafing warming (see chafe, -ing¹) Words nearby chafing dish chafeweed, chaff, chaffer, chaffinch, chaffy, chafing dish, Chaga, Chagall, Chagall, Marc, Chagas' disease, Chagatai Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chafing dish The chafing-dish buffet is something very convenient and attractive for the dining room. Mission Furniture\|H. H. Windsor "Tell us about it, Ralph," said Duncan, as he emptied the cubes of cheese into the chafing-dish. Stanford Stories\|Charles K. Field At each end of the table was a chafing-dish, and in the center was a huge cabbage surmounted by two natural-looking bunnies. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted\|Katharine Ellis Barrett We don't make them in the chafing-dish though, as I thought when I first went there. The Annals of Ann\|Kate Trimble Sharber A current of lukewarm air, coming from the chafing-dish, escapes through the top. The Life of the Spider\|J. Henri Fabre British Dictionary definitions for chafing dish chafing dish / (ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ) / noun a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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