Pan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

From Old English panne, from Proto-Germanic *pannōn. Cognate with Dutch pan, German Pfanne.

Full definition of pan

Noun

1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking
2. The contents of such a receptacle
3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home
4. (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation. A basin.
5. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water
6. (geography) a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas
7. Strong adverse criticism
8. A loaf of bread
9. The base part of a toilet, consisting of a bowl and a footing
10. (slang) A human face, a mug.
• 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 103:This was the kind of operator who would tell you to be there at nine sharp and if you weren't sitting quietly with a pleased smile on your pan when he floated in two hours later on a double Gibson, he would have a paroxysm of outraged executive ability ….
11. (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel
12. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
13. The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
14. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brain-pan.
15. (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
16. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil; hardpan.

Synonyms

• (flat receptacle): frying pan, skillet, cookie sheet
• (tall receptacle): saucepan

Derived terms

• bedpan re nursing
• deadpan
• flash in the pan re (a short-term celebrity)
• frying pan re used for cooking
• pan former
• pan man
• panyard
• saucepan re used for cooking
• baking pan re used for cooking

Verb

1. (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
• General ShermanWe ... witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand.
2. (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
3. (intransitive) With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
4. (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.

Coordinate terms

• (wash in mining) sluice

From a clipped form of panorama.

Verb

1. to turn horizontally (of a camera etc.)
2. (intransitive, photography) to move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
3. (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.

Coordinate terms

• (of a camera) tilt, cant

Derived terms

• pan and scan
• panner

Noun

1. Alternative form of paan

Compare French pan ("skirt, lappet"), Latin pannus ("a cloth, rag").

Verb

1. To join or fit together; to unite.

Old English. See pane.

Noun

1. A part; a portion.
2. (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
3. A leaf of gold or silver.

From pansexual by shortening.

Adjective

1. (slang) Pansexual.
• 2012, Anna Waugh, "Texas got a pansexual legislator", Dallas Voice, Volume 29, Issue 33, 28 December 2012, page 9:When she publicly acknowledged that she is pan, it educated citizens near and far on what that sexuality meant and the importance of being proud of who you are.
• 2013, Alejandra Rodriguez, "Isn't That Bisexual?", Outwrite, Fall 2013, page 7:Another anonymous pansexual disclosed, "Sometimes I feel really left out because I'm pan.
• 2013, Megan Hertner, "Understanding Gender and Sexuality", Grapevine (Huron University College), December 2013, page 19:A similar experience is shared by individuals who identify their sexuality as pan, bi or queer.

Anagrams

• nap
• NPA
• PNA