any of many kinds of containers, usually broad, shallow, without a cover, and made of metal, used for domestic purposes: often in combination: a frying pan, saucepan, dishpan
any object or part shaped like a pan; specif.,
☆ an open container for washing out gold, tin, etc. from gravel or the like, in mining
either receptacle in a pair of scales
a container for heating, evaporating, etc.
the amount a pan will hold
any area suggestive of a pan; esp., a hollow, natural or artificial depression in the ground
a layer of hard soil, impervious to water; hardpan
a small ice floe
the part of a flintlock gun that holds the firing powder
to rotate (a camera) horizontally, as to get a panoramic effect or follow a moving object
noun
the act of panning
a shot that is panned
noun
Gr. Myth. a god of fields, forests, wild animals, flocks, and shepherds, represented as having the legs (and, sometimes, horns and ears) of a goat: identified with the Roman Faunus
Panama
peroxyacetyl nitrate
See pan in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(păn)
noun
A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes.
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.
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.
A freely floating piece of ice that has broken off a larger floe.
The small cavity in the lock of a flintlock used to hold powder.
Music A steel drum.
Slang The face.
Informal Severe criticism, especially a negative review: gave the film a pan.