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pan

/pæn/

noun

Meaning

  • A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

  • The contents of such a receptacle.

  • A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.

  • A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.

  • A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.

  • An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially

  • Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.

  • Strong adverse criticism.

  • A loaf of bread.

  • The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.

  • A human face, a mug.

  • (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.

  • A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.

  • The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.

  • The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.

  • The brain, seen as one's intellect

  • A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

Synonyms

cookie sheet,
frying pan,
skillet,
tin,
saucepan

verb

Meaning

  • To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).

  • To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.

  • With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.

  • (of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.

  • To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.)

noun

Meaning

  • Meanings relating to a wind instrument.

  • Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.

  • Meanings relating to a container.

  • Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.

  • Meanings relating to computing.

  • Meanings relating to a smoking implement.

Synonyms

pan,
bar,
vertical bar,
vertical line,
virgule