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ash pan en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A metal pan or tray to catch and retain ashes.
   • To prevent these cinders from being lost, and also to prevent dust from being raised, by sweeping up and carrying away the ashes, what is called an ash-pan is often placed on the hearth between these fire jambs, immediately beneath the grate. 1839, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture:

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Translations (5)

fr cendrier (pan to catch ashes) · nl asla (pan to catch ashes) · el τεφροδόχη (pan to catch ashes) · ca cendrera (pan to catch ashes) · pl popielnik (pan to catch ashes)