Definition of pan1

pan1noun

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/pæn//pæn/

Word Originnoun Old English panne, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pan, German Pfanne, perhaps based on Latin patina ‘dish’.

namespace

a container, usually made of metal, with a handle or handles, used for cooking food in

Example:
  • pots and pans
  • a large stainless steel pan
  • Heat a large non-stick sauté pan over a medium heat.
  • Remove the pan from the heat and add the sugar.
  • a nonstick pan

Related words and phrases

the amount contained in a pan

Example:
  • a pan of boiling water

a metal container used for cooking food in

Example:
  • a cake pan
Extra examples:
  • Turn the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes.
  • Put your turkey on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.

either of the dishes on a pair of scales that you put things into in order to weigh them

the bowl of a toilet

Idioms

a flash in the pan
a sudden success that lasts only a short time and is not likely to be repeated
  • He needed to prove that his success was not just a flash in the pan.
  • go down the pan
    (British English, informal)to fail completely
  • My career was going down the pan.