pan
noun
[ pan ]
• a metal container used for cooking food in.
• "heat the olive oil in a heavy pan"
Similar:
saucepan,
frying pan,
pot,
casserole,
wok,
skillet,
bain-marie,
fish kettle,
pressure cooker,
poacher,
chafing dish,
container,
cooking utensil,
karahi,
• 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.
pan
verb
• criticize severely.
• "the movie was panned by the critics"
Similar:
criticize,
censure,
attack,
lambast,
condemn,
find fault with,
give a bad press to,
flay,
savage,
shoot down,
bring under fire,
knock,
take to pieces,
take/pull apart,
crucify,
hammer,
slam,
bash,
give something a battering,
roast,
skewer,
maul,
throw brickbats at,
slate,
rubbish,
slag off,
monster,
trash,
pummel,
bag,
• wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold).
• "the old-timers panned gold"
Similar:
sift for,
search for,
look for,
Origin:
Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’.
pan
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"
pan
noun
• a panning movement.
• "that slow pan over London"
Origin:
early 20th century: abbreviation of panorama.
pan
noun
• variant spelling of paan.
pan-
combining form
• all-inclusive, especially in relation to the whole of a continent, racial group, religion, etc.
• "pan-African"
Origin:
from Greek pan, neuter of pas ‘all’.
paan
noun
• betel leaves prepared and used as a stimulant.
• "a man sold paan outside the house"
Origin:
via Hindi from Sanskrit parṇa ‘feather, leaf’.
pan-pan
noun
• an international radio distress signal, of less urgency than a mayday signal.
Origin:
1920s: pan from French panne ‘breakdown’.
