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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
saucepan
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dustbin/saucepan etc lid
▪ the name on the coffin lid
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
heavy
▪ Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan.
▪ Cut into 1-inch cubes, and place in heavy medium saucepan.
▪ Heat the fat in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat.
▪ Pour cream into heavy medium saucepan.
▪ Put the sugar, butter, vinegar, golden syrup and water into a heavy saucepan.
▪ In a heavy bottomed saucepan, heat oil and saute bacon, pearl onions, and mushrooms until lightly browned.
▪ Heat the butter and the olive oil together in a large heavy saucepan or casserole dish, until the butter has melted.
▪ In a heavy Bottomed saucepan, melt butter over medium high heat.
large
▪ Brush the bottom of large saucepan with a little olive oil.
▪ In a large saucepan, heat half of the oil and saute onion until translucent.
▪ Heat the fat in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat.
▪ In a large saucepan, combine remaining 13 / 8 Cups milk, stock, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
▪ Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the onion, garlic and green pepper and cook until soft. 2.
▪ In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine water, salt, butter, and bay leaf.
▪ If the pears are quite firm simmer in a large saucepan for 20-30 minutes until tender.
▪ Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large saucepan over medium-low heat.
medium
▪ In a medium saucepan over a low heat, heat cream to just lukewarm.
▪ Cut into 1-inch cubes, and place in heavy medium saucepan.
▪ Combine quinces, water and sugar in medium saucepan and bring to simmer over medium-low heat.
▪ Pour cream into heavy medium saucepan.
▪ Place juice in a medium saucepan and heat over medium just until the sugar dissolves.
▪ Bring water and 1 1 / 2 teaspoons salt to rolling boil in medium saucepan.
▪ In medium saucepan, combine remaining ingredients and bring to boil over high heat.
small
▪ Place in a small saucepan, cover with boiling water, bring to the boil, then simmer for 5 minutes.
▪ In a small saucepan, melt the butter and add the orange zest and fresh mint, finely chopped.
▪ Place 6 cloves of garlic in a small saucepan, cover with water and bring to the boil.
▪ Place in small saucepan and heat on medium just until the sugar dissolves.
▪ Melt the butter in a small saucepan and cook the onion until soft and transparent. 4.
▪ Combine the preserves and water in a small saucepan and heat until preserves melt.
▪ Meanwhile, in another small saucepan, combine pearl onions and sugar with water to cover barely.
▪ If a smaller spoon or saucepan is used, the air is less disturbed and the vibrations are less violent.
■ VERB
add
▪ He fetched cold water in the saucepan, adding it to the hot water.
▪ Melt the butter in a deep saucepan and add the chopped onion.
▪ Tie together the parsley and lovage or celery and add to saucepan.
▪ Strain juices into a saucepan and add jelly, wine, ginger, cayenne, and mustard.
bring
▪ Place the soup in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
▪ Mix all remaining ingredients together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
▪ Heat gently until all the sugar has dissolved then bring to the boil. 3 Add the fruit to the saucepan.
▪ Add the remaining lemon juice to the chicken broth in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
▪ Transfer to a small, nonreactive saucepan and bring just to a simmer over low heat.
▪ Put all ingredients into a saucepan and slowly bring to the boil.
combine
▪ In a large saucepan, combine remaining 13 / 8 Cups milk, stock, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
▪ In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine water, salt, butter, and bay leaf.
▪ Meanwhile, in another small saucepan, combine pearl onions and sugar with water to cover barely.
▪ In a 3-quart saucepan, combine flour with a little stock, whisking to combine until smooth.
▪ In small saucepan, combine condensed milk and chocolate chips to make filling.
heat
▪ In the store cupboard, he found a can of beef stew and dumped it in a saucepan to heat.
▪ In a large saucepan, heat half of the oil and saute onion until translucent.
▪ In a large saucepan, heat oil and saute the onions and leeks until wilted and golden.
▪ In a saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil.
▪ In an ovenproof saucepan, heat oil and quickly brown squab.
▪ In a large ovenproof saucepan, heat together 2 tablespoons of the oil and salt pork, if used.
▪ In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat oil and quickly brown rabbit.
place
▪ Remove the pears to a bowl, place the saucepan on the heat and reduce the sauce by half.
▪ Add the lemon juice and sugar. Place in small saucepan and heat on medium just until the sugar dissolves.
▪ Drain the beans and place them in a saucepan with the bay leaves.
▪ If using peanuts in the shell, remove the nuts and place them in a saucepan.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Bring a saucepan of water to a boil and add peel.
▪ Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan.
▪ I ran to and fro from the kitchen for some time with saucepans and kettles of boiling water.
▪ In a large saucepan, heat half of the oil and saute onion until translucent.
▪ Next day put them in a saucepan with the same water, plus a half teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda.
▪ Place in small saucepan and heat on medium just until the sugar dissolves.
▪ To make lentils, in a medium-sized saucepan, heat oil and saute carrot, onion, and celery until lightly colored.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saucepan

Saucepan \Sauce"pan`\, n. A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
saucepan

1680s, from sauce (n.) + pan (n.). Originally a pan for cooking sauces.

Wiktionary
saucepan

n. (context countable cookware English) A deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.

WordNet
saucepan

n. a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling

Usage examples of "saucepan".

On the day appointed Lawrence came earlier than usual, carrying a saucepan full of boiling macaroni, and all the necessary ingredients for seasoning the dish.

Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan to near smoking, add the cashews, and turn off the heat.

Put into a saucepan with two cupfuls of Espagnole Sauce, a wineglassful of sherry, and a pinch of cayenne pepper.

Boil rapidly for twenty minutes with the saucepan uncovered, then drain in a colander, and serve with drawn butter or a cream sauce.

When perfectly soft, drain in colander, press out all of the water, rub the squash through a sieve and return it to the saucepan.

She had thought the woman strident and hysterical and thoughtless for persisting in her plans for the next day in face of her own faint, barely acquiescent smiles, and a poor, feckless, fashionless housewife for thrusting those unwanted saucepans on the cook.

Bake in three buttered and floured shallow cake tins, and spread between the layers and on top the following icing: Put in a saucepan three cups sugar, one cup water.

Put into a saucepan, with salt and pepper to season, three tablespoonfuls of butter, two large onions, sliced, a bunch of parsley, and enough Claret to cover the fish.

She would pay for it, of course, with a saucepan by the bed all night and a slightly spacy nausea to follow, which sometimes lasted for two whole days.

Meanwhile, combine apple juice, maple syrup, tamari sauce, vinegar, ginger, and garlic in small saucepan.

Wash and drain two cupfuls of scallops, put into a saucepan and cover with salted boiling water, adding a bit of bay-leaf, four whole allspice, and two cloves.

The kitchen was even shabbier than the dining room, its shelves filled with cheap saucepans and a miscellanea of china.

In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup of Barolo to the boil, add the garlic, and simmer for 2 minutes.

Place it back in the saucepan and when it boils stir in it a teaspoonful or so of parsley very finely chopped, two or three ounces of pickle gherkins, and a little salt if required.

Aluminium saucepans, cups and saucers and teapots, hammered copperware, silverwork from Amara, cheap watches, enamel mugs, embroideries and gay patterned rugs from Persia.