Pan

Quick meaning: Pan is a noun meaning A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. The contents of such a receptacle.
2. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
3. (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
4. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
5. (geography, geology) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
6. (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
7. (geology, obsolete South Africa) Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.

Example Sentences

Holonym: firearm

flash in the pan

The notices The Gallery received, while hardly pans, were only mixed.

Dave and I have parted company, and I hope I never see his junky pan again.

Word Forms

• pans
• panning
• panned

Synonyms for pan

Depending on context, synonyms include skillet, tin, saucepan, toilet, panto, pipe.

Related Words

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