drip pan
noun
variants or dripping pan
1
usually drip pan : a container for catching material that drips from above (as from the burners of a gas range or a piece of oily machinery)
2
usually dripping pan : a usually shallow rectangular metal pan used especially for baking and roasting
Word History
Etymology
drip pan from drip entry 2 + pan; dripping pan from Middle English drepyngpanne, from drepyng dripping + panne pan