Collins English-English Dictionary

pan [pæn]

1. 1. n panful the amount such a vessel will hold

2. 2. n a wide metal vessel used in cooking

3. 3. n (in combination)

   saucepan

4. 4. n any of various similar vessels used esp in industry, as for boiling liquids

5. 5. n a dish used by prospectors, esp gold prospectors, for separating a valuable mineral from the gravel or earth containing it by washing and agitating

6. 6. n [Brit] lavatory pan the bowl of a lavatory

7. 7. n either of the two dishlike receptacles on a balance

8. 8. n a natural or artificial depression in the ground where salt can be obtained by the evaporation of brine

9. 9. n a natural depression containing water or mud

10. 10. n [Caribbean] the indented top from an oil drum used as the treble drum in a steel band

11. 11. n See hardpan brainpan

12. 12. n a small ice floe

13. 13. n a slang word for face

14. 14. n a small cavity containing priming powder in the locks of old guns

15. 15. n a hard substratum of soil

16. 16. n short for pan loaf

17. 17. vb [when tr, often foll by off or out] to wash (gravel) in a pan to separate particles of (valuable minerals) from it

18. 18. vi. [intr; often foll by out] (of gravel) to yield valuable minerals by this process

19. 19. vt. [tr] [informal] to criticize harshly

    the critics panned his new play

20. 20. vt. See also pan out

21. 21. vt. [Etymology] Old English panne; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse panna, Old High German pfanna

pan [pæn]

1. 1. n the leaf of the betel tree

2. 2. n a preparation of this leaf which is chewed, together with betel nuts and lime, in India and the East Indies

3. 3. n [Etymology] C17: from Hindi, from Sanskrit parna feather, wing, leaf

pan [pæn]

1. 1. 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

2. 2. n the act of panning

3. 3. n (as modifier)

   a pan shot

4. 4. n [Etymology] C20: shortened from panoramic