: a long-handled covered pan filled with live coals that is used to warm a bed
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This was a night when earmuffs, buffalo robes and warming pans were need.
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Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
Remove carrots from oven and add burrata to warm pan.
—Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2019
Once pasta is cooked (al-dente), drain and put in a large warm pan.
—Team Captain Rebecca, Seventeen, 3 May 2012
The classic meatballs, glazed with a full-bodied tomato sauce, sopped up beefy juices in a warm pan.
—Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2017
Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
Remove carrots from oven and add burrata to warm pan.
—Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2019
Once pasta is cooked (al-dente), drain and put in a large warm pan.
—Team Captain Rebecca, Seventeen, 3 May 2012
The classic meatballs, glazed with a full-bodied tomato sauce, sopped up beefy juices in a warm pan.
—Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of warming pan was
in the 15th century
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“Warming pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warming%20pan. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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warming pan
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: a long-handled covered pan filled with hot coals and used to warm beds in earlier times
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