: a utensil for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
Examples of chafing dish in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebHot foods should be kept over 140°F by placing them on the grill, in a heated chafing dish, slow cooker, or warming tray.—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 21 May 2024 The chafing dishes were full, and sparkled with Sterno and silver polish.—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024 While the recipe has been modified through the years, including additions to balance and add complexity to the sauce, along with the switch from warming the meatballs in a chafing dish to a slow-cooker, the flavor base remains the same.—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023 Using chafing dishes for hot dishes and keeping cold dishes in their containers, sometimes in ice, is recommended, Baker writes for The Conversation.—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023 Be sure to keep the dip warm in either a slow cooker or a chafing dish.—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023 Swedish meatballs—that staple of American 1950s chafing dish cookery with grape jelly and sour cream—might best be forgotten.—John Mariani, Forbes, 17 July 2023 Transfer to a fondue pot or chafing dish.—Meredith Deeds, Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020 The flat aluminum top acts like a chafing dish, radiating enough heat to keep a bowl of soup warm or melt a pot of snow.—Charlie Ebbers, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English chafing, present participle of chaufen, chafen to warm
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