chafing-dish

A form of chafing dish — Any of several devices, involving a pan and a heater, used to warm food at the table, or to keep it warm.

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Meanings

nounchafing-dish (plural chafing-dishes)

plural chafing-dishes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of chafing dish.

    The first chafing-dishes of which historic mention is made consisted of a pan heated over a pot of burning oil, the pan resting upon a frame which held the pot of oil.

    1914, Janet McKenzie Hill, Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-dish Dainties, page 151
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APA

chafing-dish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chafing-dish

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“chafing-dish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chafing-dish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chafing-dish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chafing-dish.

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