drip pan

noun
variants: or dripping pan

Definition of drip pan

1 : a container for catching material that drips from above (as from the burners of a gas range or a piece of oily machinery)
2 : a usually shallow rectangular metal pan used especially for baking and roasting

History and Etymology for drip pan

drip pan from drip entry 2 + pan; dripping pan from Middle English drepyngpanne, from drepyng dripping + panne pan

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