pan

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[pæn]
n
a wide metal vessel used in cooking.(in combination)
Also called: panful the amount such a vessel will hold
any of various similar vessels used esp in industry, as for boiling liquids
a dish used by prospectors, esp gold prospectors, for separating a valuable mineral from the gravel or earth containing it by washing and agitating
either of the two dishlike receptacles on a balance
Also called: lavatory pan the bowl of a lavatory
a natural or artificial depression in the ground where salt can be obtained by the evaporation of brine.a natural depression containing water or mud
the indented top from an oil drum used as the treble drum in a steel band
See hardpan See brainpan
a small ice floe
a slang word for face
a small cavity containing priming powder in the locks of old guns
a hard substratum of soil
short for pan loaf
vb
to wash (gravel) in a pan to separate particles of (valuable minerals) from it
(of gravel) to yield valuable minerals by this process
to criticize harshly
the critics panned his new play
See pan out
pan

pan&+{2}
[pæn]
n
the leaf of the betel tree
a preparation of this leaf which is chewed, together with betel nuts and lime, in India and the East Indies
pan

pan&+{3}
[pæn]
vb
to move (a film camera) or (of a film camera) to be moved so as to follow a moving object or obtain a panoramic effect
n
the act of panning.(as modifier)