pan
Meaning of pan
- a metal container used for cooking food in.
heat the olive oil in a heavy pan
- a hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated.
- a hard stratum of compacted soil.
heavy spikes can be useful in breaking a surface pan in grassland
- a person's face.
- criticize severely.
the movie was panned by the critics
- wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold).
the old-timers panned gold
prospectors panned for gold in the Yukon
Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’.
verb- swing (a video or film camera) in a horizontal or vertical plane, typically to give a panoramic effect or follow a subject.
he was panning the camera over everything in sight
- a panning movement.
that slow pan over London
early 20th century: abbreviation of panorama.
noun
variant spelling of paan.
combining form, prefix- all-inclusive, especially in relation to the whole of a continent, racial group, religion, etc.
pan-African
pansexual
from Greek pan, neuter of pas ‘all’.
noun- betel leaves prepared and used as a stimulant.
a man sold paan outside the house
he always rolled his own paans
via Hindi from Sanskrit parṇa ‘feather, leaf’.
noun
an international radio distress signal, of less urgency than a mayday signal.
1920s: pan from French panne ‘breakdown’.
Information about pan
- The plural form of pan is: pans.
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Hyphenation of pan
pan
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- pan is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pan synonyms
Meaning Pan:
Meaning tear apart:
Meaning a deep cooking pan, typically round, made of metal, and with one long handle and a lid:
Meaning a rounded or cylindrical container, typically of metal, used for cooking:
Meaning a kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven:
Meaning a bowl-shaped frying pan used typically in Chinese cooking:
Meaning a small metal cooking pot with a long handle, typically having legs:
Meaning a pan for cooking eggs or other food by poaching:
Meaning an object for holding or transporting something:
Meaning a hole or depression in something:
Meaning a large hole in the ground:
Meaning a bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply; a washbasin:
Meaning feelings of severe despondency and dejection:
Meaning a brief swim:
Meaning the action of indenting or the state of being indented:
Meaning a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite:
Meaning an empty space within a solid object:
Meaning the state or quality of being concave:
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning criticize severely and brutally:
Meaning (especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul:
Meaning talk disparagingly about; criticize:
Meaning criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly:
Meaning hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object:
Meaning criticize severely:
Meaning strike hard and violently:
Meaning cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire:
Meaning fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer:
Meaning subject to fierce criticism:
Meaning criticize severely and reject as worthless:
Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:
Meaning strike repeatedly with the fists:
Meaning put (something) in a bag:
pan antonyms
Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:
Meaning praise formally or officially:
Meaning show approval or praise by clapping:
Translation of pan
Anagrams of pan
Words that rhyme with pan
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