sheet pan

noun

plural sheet pans
: baking sheet
Place pepitas on a sheet pan and bake until they start to pop, about 7-10 minutes.Ruth Tobias
No need to shell out for a high-end roasting pan and rack; just buy a cheap but sturdy sheet pan.Sara Dickerman

Examples of sheet pan in a Sentence

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Line 2 baking sheets or sheet pans with parchment paper. Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025 Then the pork belly is placed on a sheet pan and covered with another sheet pan, then weighted down with cans of food or a brick and refrigerated overnight. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025 Load up the board games, the loose papers, the troves of envelopes, or all the sheet pans long past their heyday. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025 With a deep layout and a large capacity of 29 cubic feet, this refrigerator can store larger items like sheet pans and the flexible shelving system is easy to adjust for taller items. Alice Knisley Matthias, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sheet pan

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sheet pan was in 1916

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“Sheet pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheet%20pan. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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