pan
A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
Noun 4 meanings
A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
The contents of such a receptacle.
A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
Verb 4 meanings
To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
To turn out well; to be successful.
To beat one's opposition convincingly.
Adjective 1 meaning
Pansexual or panromantic.
Etymology
From Middle English panne, from Old English panne, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ. Further origin uncertain.
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PAN at a glance
PAN has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (P 3 + A 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,641 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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