pan

(păn)

1. A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes.
2. A vessel similar in form to a pan, especially:
   a. An open metal dish used to separate gold or other metal from gravel or waste by washing.
   b. Either of the receptacles on a balance or pair of scales.
   c. A vessel used for boiling and evaporating liquids.
3. a. A basin or depression in the earth, often containing mud or water.
   b. A natural or artificial basin used to obtain salt by evaporating brine.
   c. Hardpan.
4. A freely floating piece of ice that has broken off a larger floe.
5. The small cavity in the lock of a flintlock used to hold powder.
6. Music A steel drum.
7. Slang The face.
8. Informal Severe criticism, especially a negative review: gave the film a pan.

1. To wash (gravel, for example) in a pan for gold or other precious metal.
2. To cook (food) in a pan: panned the fish right after catching it.
3. Informal To criticize or review harshly.

1. To wash gravel, sand, or other sediment in a pan.
2. To yield gold as a result of washing in a pan.

(pän)

1. A leaf of the betel vine.
2. A chewing preparation of this leaf with betel nuts, spices, and lime, used in the Far East.

(păn)

(păn)

1. Greek Mythology The god of woods, fields, and flocks, having a human torso and head with a goat's legs, horns, and ears.
2. The satellite of Saturn that is closest to the planet.