frying-pan

Flat cooking pan

A frying-pan is a shallow, flat-bottomed pan with a long handle, used for cooking food in hot oil or fat over direct heat.

The spelling with a hyphen is less common than *frying pan* or *frypan*.

Out of the frying-pan into the fire means escaping one danger only to land in a worse one.

cookware

skillet

Shallow pan for frying

stainless-steel · aluminum · copper · ceramic · wok · griddle · saucepan · handle · lid · seasoned

cooking

sauté

Cook quickly in fat

deglaze · toss · flip · heat · oil · butter · garlic · onions · sizzle · spatter

sound

sizzle

Sound of frying

  • crackleSharp snapping sounds
  • popFizzy drink, regionally
  • hissSharp sibilant sound

sputter · spatter · splatter · bubble · snap

breakfast

eggs

Reproductive cells in shells

hashbrowns · sausage · crepes · shakshuka · dosa · spam · scrapple · fritters · scrambled · over-easy

idiom

fire

Combustion with flames

escape · worse · dilemma · danger · peril

Opposites
cookware type/function

frying-panstockpot

Large pot for broths

boiling pot · steamer · slow cooker · soup pot · Dutch oven

IDIOMATIC CONTRAST (out of the frying pan into the fire)

frying-panfire

Combustion with flames

flames · inferno

Family

pan, fry, fried, pancake, frying, fries, fryer, stir-fry, deep-fried

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G