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
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