ash-pan

1. 1.

   a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed

   Broaderreceptacle

Questions about ash-pan

What does ash-pan mean?

ash-pan means "a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed".

How many syllables are in ash-pan?

ash-pan has 2 syllables: ash--pan. The stress falls on "ash-".

Is ash-pan a common word?

ash-pan is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.