pan

Meaning of pan

noun
  1. a metal container used for cooking food in.
    heat the olive oil in a heavy pan
  2. a hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated.
  3. a hard stratum of compacted soil.
    heavy spikes can be useful in breaking a surface pan in grassland
  4. a person's face.
verb
  1. criticize severely.
    the movie was panned by the critics
  2. 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
  1. 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
noun
  1. a panning movement.
    that slow pan over London

early 20th century: abbreviation of panorama.

noun

variant spelling of paan.

combining form, prefix
  1. 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
  1. 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

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:

Pan

Meaning tear apart:

trash

Meaning a deep cooking pan, typically round, made of metal, and with one long handle and a lid:

saucepan

Meaning a rounded or cylindrical container, typically of metal, used for cooking:

pot

Meaning a kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven:

casserole

Meaning a bowl-shaped frying pan used typically in Chinese cooking:

wok

Meaning a small metal cooking pot with a long handle, typically having legs:

skillet

Meaning a pan for cooking eggs or other food by poaching:

poacher

Meaning an object for holding or transporting something:

container

Meaning a hole or depression in something:

hollow

Meaning a large hole in the ground:

pit

Meaning a bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply; a washbasin:

basin

Meaning feelings of severe despondency and dejection:

depression

Meaning a brief swim:

dip

Meaning the action of indenting or the state of being indented:

indentation

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:

crater

Meaning an empty space within a solid object:

cavity

Meaning the state or quality of being concave:

concavity

Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:

criticize

Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:

censure

Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:

attack

Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:

lambast

Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:

condemn

Meaning criticize severely and brutally:

flay

Meaning (especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul:

savage

Meaning talk disparagingly about; criticize:

knock

Meaning criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly:

crucify

Meaning hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object:

hammer

Meaning criticize severely:

slam, slate

Meaning strike hard and violently:

bash

Meaning cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire:

roast

Meaning fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer:

skewer

Meaning subject to fierce criticism:

maul

Meaning criticize severely and reject as worthless:

rubbish

Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:

monster

Meaning strike repeatedly with the fists:

pummel

Meaning put (something) in a bag:

bag

pan antonyms

Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:

praise

Meaning praise formally or officially:

commend

Meaning show approval or praise by clapping:

applaud

Translation of pan

Anagrams of pan

Nap, nap

Words that rhyme with pan

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