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   chafing dish
   [n] - a metal pan over a heater
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   Chafing dish
   A silver or silver-plated serving bowl with handles and cover. The handles are usually detachable. Many chafing dishes have hot water jackets (i.e. are double skinned) and were used to serve either hors d'oeuvres or vegetables.
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   chafing dish
   Vessel of silver or other metal, used for heating food and warming plates over a charcoal brazier or spirit lamp on the dinner table or sideboard. The dish rests on a stand supported by legs, which afford space for a heating device. Chafing dishes were used extensively from the i6thC. The term is so...
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   chafing dish
   noun a metal pan over a heater; used to cook or to keep things warm at the table
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   chafing dish
   chafing dish A metal dish or pan mounted above a heating device and used to cook food or to keep it warm at the table.
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   Chafing Dish
   A chafing dish is a dish provided with a heating apparatus below it used to cook food at the table or to keep food hot at the table.
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   chafing dish
   The chafing dish is a metal pan, with a water basin, which is heated by an alcohol lamp and used for cooking at the table.
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   Chafing-dish
   A chafing-dish (from the Old French chauffer, "to make warm") is a kind of portable grate ("a dish of Coles") raised on a tripod, originally heated with charcoal in a brazier, and used for foods that require gentle cooking, away from the fierce heat of direct flames. The chafing dish could be used ...
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   Chafing-Dish
   A chafing-dish was a portable grate for coals, used for heating objects.
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    chafing-dish
    Vessel of silver or other metal, used for heating food and warming plates over a charcoal brazier or spirit lamp on the dinner table or sideboard. The dish rests on a stand supported by legs, which afford space for a heating device. Chafing dishes were used extensively from the i6thC. The term is so...
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