Meaning of the word "evaporating dish" in English

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evaporating dish

US /ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪŋ dɪʃ/
UK /ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪŋ dɪʃ/
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Noun

1.

a small, shallow, heat-resistant dish, usually made of porcelain, used in laboratories for the evaporation of solutions and suspensions

Example:
The chemist carefully poured the liquid into the evaporating dish.
We heated the solution in the evaporating dish to remove the solvent.
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