noun
or dripping pan
Etymology: drip pan from drip (II) + pan; dripping pan from Middle English drepyngpanne, from drepyng dripping + panne 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