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SORSP-uh-n/ˈsɔːspən/

A saucepan is a deep pan with a handle, used on the hob for soup, pasta, or sauce. A frying pan is wide and shallow for frying; a pot is more general, and pan can mean any of these. Put the saucepan on the hob; use a lid. Countable: a saucepan.

Meaning

A deep pan with a handle and often a lid, used for cooking on the hob.

Examples

• “Heat the soup in a saucepan.”
• “The saucepan is too small for the potatoes.”
• “Wash the saucepan after dinner.”

Good to know

saucepan (deep, with handle). Contrast: frying pan (shallow). Place: on the hob.

Near in meaning

pan

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