chafing dish
noun/ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ dɪʃ/
/ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ dɪʃ/
- a metal pan used for keeping food warm at the tableWord Originlate 15th cent.: from the original (now obsolete) sense of chafe ‘become warm, warm up’.
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