chafing dish

American  

[chey-fing] / ˈtʃeɪ fɪŋ /

noun

1. an apparatus consisting of a metal dish with a lamp or heating appliance beneath it, for cooking food or keeping it hot at the table.

2. a vessel that holds charcoal or the like, for heating anything set over it.

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chafing dish British  

/ ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ /

noun

1. a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table

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Etymology

Origin of chafing dish

1400–50; late Middle English chafing warming ( see chafe, -ing ¹)

Example Sentences

Tom's mother, Mag, made these omelets in a chafing dish right on the breakfast table.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2023

We weren't part of the outing, so I couldn't do something I desperately wanted to do: grab a handful of soft-shell crabs from a big chafing dish on the buffet table.

From Golf Digest • May 29, 2016

Another time he gave her a chafing dish.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2010

Place hot foods in a 200-degree oven or in a chafing dish, slow cooker or warming tray capable of holding foods at 140 degrees or warmer.

From Washington Post

I light tiny tea candles beneath a chafing dish to start melting a skin-color pastille.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton