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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

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   The meaning of PAN is a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking). How to use pan in a sentence.

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   Pan has multiple meanings, such as a god, a metal container, a cooking utensil, a mineral separator, a camera movement, and a slang word. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of pan from various sources.

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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.