Meaning

2 senses
  1. A covered metal pan attached to a long handle, holding live coals and used to warm a bed.

    a long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed

  2. (dated, figuratively)A person put into a situation to hold it until another person can take over.

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: warming pans
Singularwarming pan
Pluralwarming pans

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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