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chafing dish

chafing dish noun: any of several devices, involving a pan and a heater, used to warm food at the table, or to keep it warm.

chafing dish: any of several devices, involving a pan and a heater, used to warm food at the table, or to keep it...
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Noun

chafing dish (plural chafing dishes)

  1. Any of several devices, involving a pan and a heater, used to warm food at the table, or to keep it warm.

chafing dish meaning in Tamil and Telugu

chafing dish in Tamil

தீச்சட்டி, நெருப்போடு, கும்மட்டி, இந்தளம்

chafing dish in Telugu

a chafing dish
కుంపటి kumpaṭi

Forms of chafing dish

pluralchafing dishes
alternative formchafing-dish
alternative formchaffing dish
alternative formchaffing-dish

Questions about chafing dish

What does chafing dish mean?
Chafing dish means any of several devices, involving a pan and a heater, used to warm food at the table, or to keep it warm.
What is chafing dish in Tamil?
Chafing dish in Tamil is தீச்சட்டி, நெருப்போடு, கும்மட்டி. See Chafing dish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chafing dish?
Chafing dish is a noun.
What is the plural of chafing dish?
The plural of chafing dish is chafing dishes.

Words near chafing dish in the dictionary

  1. chaffweeds
  2. chaffy
  3. Chafin
  4. chafing
  5. chafing at the bit
  6. chafing dish
  7. chafing dishes
  8. chafing gear
  9. chafing-dish
  10. chafing-dishes
  11. chafingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chafing dish (page history and authors); chafing dish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కుంపటి (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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