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   pan

   /pan/

   noun

   • 1. a metal container used for cooking food in: "heat the olive oil in a heavy pan" Similar saucepanfrying panpotcasserolewokskilletbain-mariefish kettlepressure cookerpoacherchafing dishcontainercooking utensilkarahi
   • ▪ an amount of something contained in a pan: "a pan of hot water"
   • ▪ a bowl fitted at either end of a pair of scales: "she sifted flour on to the wide brass pan of the scales"
   • ▪ the bowl of a toilet: British "peroxide is what they put down the lavatory to disinfect the pan"
   • ▪ a large container used in a technical or manufacturing process for subjecting a material to heat or a mechanical or chemical process.
   • ▪ a steel drum.
   • ▪ a shallow bowl in which gold is separated from gravel and mud by agitation and washing: "he washed the gold-free surface gravel out over the rim of the pan"
   • ▪ a part of the lock that held the priming in old types of gun: "prime the pan, pour the powder down the barrel, then ram in the cartridge's paper and ball"
   • 2. a hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated. Similar hollowpitbasindepressiondipindentationcratercavityconcavity
   • 3. a hard stratum of compacted soil: "heavy spikes can be useful in breaking a surface pan in grassland"
   • 4. a person's face. informal US

   verb

   • 1. criticize severely: informal "the movie was panned by the critics" Similar criticizecensureattacklambastcondemnfind fault withgive a bad press toflaysavageshoot downbring under fireinformal:knocktake to piecestake/pull apartcrucifyhammerslambashgive something a batteringroastskewermaulthrow brickbats atinformal:slaterubbishslag offmonstertrashpummelbagOpposite praisecommendapplaud
   • 2. wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold): "the old-timers panned gold" Similar sift forsearch forlook for

   Word Origin Old Englishpanne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. panful noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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     PAN meaning: 1. a metal container that is round and often...

   • Znaczenie Pan, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     pan definicja: 1. a metal container that is round and often...

   • Pan: Korean Translation

     PAN translate: 팬. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Korean...

   • Pan: Arabic Translation

     PAN translate: مِقْلاة. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Pan Spanish Translation

     PAN translate: sartén, cazo, molde, buyo, sartén [feminine,...

   • Pan: Russian Translation

     PAN translate: кастрюля , подвергнуть резкой критике,...

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   noun. a broad, shallow container of metal, usually having sides flaring outward toward the top, used in various forms for frying, baking, washing, etc. any similar receptacle or part, as the scales of a balance. the amount a pan holds or can hold; panful: a pan of shelled peas.

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   1. A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes. 2. A vessel similar in form to a pan, especially: a. An open metal dish used to separate gold, other precious metals, or gemstones from gravel or waste by washing. b.

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   A pan can be a cooking utensil, a negative opinion, or a sweeping camera shot. You cook eggs in a pan, but as a film critic you might pan a new docudrama for poor editing and overuse of pan shots. A pan is a shallow metal object that you use to cook food.