saucepan

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"It could be a person, it could be an animal, a flower, a film, a photograph in the newspaper, just anything. A saucepan in the kitchen, boiling, you know, the steam coming…"

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

I melted a knob of butter in a small saucepan, then a spoonful of the dried leaves.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

In The “Last of Us,” Isaac finally gets that Mauviel saucepan, but there’s no civilization left to host a dinner party.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

A perfect saucepan, finally within reach, but only because the world has ended.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

The water in the saucepan had been boiling when Malcolm came in.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman