pan

Meaning

Noun

1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
2. The contents of such a receptacle.
3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
4. (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
5. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
6. An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
7. (South-Africa, especially) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
8. (South-Africa) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
11. (South-Africa, obsolete) Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.
12. Strong adverse criticism.
13. (Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
14. (obsolete) The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
15. A bedpan.
16. (slang) A human face, a mug.
17. The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
18. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
19. The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
20. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
21. (figuratively) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
22. A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
23. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of steelpan.

Verb

1. (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
2. (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
3. (intransitive) To turn out well; to be successful.
4. (informal, transitive) To beat one's opposition convincingly.

Verb

1. (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
2. (intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
3. (intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
4. (transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
5. (intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.

Verb

To join or fit together; to unite.

Adj

Pansexual or panromantic.

Synonyms

pot

frying pan

saucepan

cooking pot

skillet

kettle

bowl

griddle

casserole

cooking pan

trough

pan off

pan out

😡

trash

complete

boiler

pan-

frypan

vessel

fit

tray

rinse

plate

tear apart

all

bucket

🪣

coffeepot

clapperclaw

base plate

cook

🧑‍🍳

circumvolve

circumvent

circumnavigate

circulate

block

bark

agree

circle

⭕

chassis

blast

dish

disc

disk

distort

distress

dripping-pan

entire

face

censure

denigrate

Translations

Pfanne

poêle

tegame

pan

cacerola

sartén

casserole

cazuela

padella

frigideira

τηγάνι

panela

pentola

Topf

marmite

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pæn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: panne

Inherited from Old English: panne

Cognate with Western Frisian: panne

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Ponne

Cognate with Dutch: pan

Cognate with German: Pfanne

Cognate with Danish: pande

Cognate with Swedish: panna

Cognate with Icelandic: panna

Cognate with French: pan

Cognate with Latin: pannus

Inherited from Old English: -

In summary

From Middle English panne, from Old English panne, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ, from Late Latin panna, from Latin patina (“broad, shallow dish, pan, stewpan”), from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē, “kind of flat dish”), which is probably from Pre-Greek.
Cognate with West Frisian panne, Saterland Frisian Ponne, Dutch pan, German Low German Panne, Pann, German Pfanne, Danish pande, Swedish panna, Icelandic panna.