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drain pan

drain pan noun: a pan for collecting the condensate and funneling it to the drain line.

Noun

drain pan (plural drain pans)

  1. A pan for collecting the condensate and funneling it to the drain line.
    • In an office building leased by the Canadian government in an eastern province, poorly designed condensate drain pans produced biological contamination and health effects serious enough to warrant a workers-compensation claim.1999, George J. Benda, Indoor Air Quality Case Studies Reference Guide

Forms of drain pan

pluraldrain pans

Questions about drain pan

What does drain pan mean?
Drain pan means a pan for collecting the condensate and funneling it to the drain line.
What part of speech is drain pan?
Drain pan is a noun.
What is the plural of drain pan?
The plural of drain pan is drain pans.

Words near drain pan in the dictionary

  1. drain field
  2. drain fields
  3. drain flies
  4. drain fly
  5. drain out
  6. drain pan
  7. drain pans
  8. drain pipe
  9. drain pipes
  10. drain plug
  11. drain plugs

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