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   chafing dish

   /ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ dɪʃ/

   noun

   • 1. a cooking pot with an outer pan of hot water, used for keeping food warm.
   • ▪ a metal pan containing a spirit lamp or burning charcoal, used for cooking at table.

   Word Origin late 15th century: from the original (now obsolete) sense of chafe ‘become warm, warm up’.

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