stewpan

[ stoo-pan, styoo- ]

noun

1. a pan for stewing; saucepan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stewpan¹

First recorded in 1625–35; stew ¹ + pan ¹

Example Sentences

Put it into a stewpan with an onion, a carrot, a piece of celery; cover with water and boil slowly for fifty minutes.

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Put into the stewpan several pieces of butter, and fry the ducks till a nice brown colour.

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Mix well and put it into a stewpan with three-quarters of a pint of white cream sauce.

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Put them into a stewpan with slices of bacon round them, and good gravy poured in enough to cover the birds.

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Place this in a large stewpan, add half a pint of cream, and mix it with the partridge meat.

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