Definition of Pan

Noun: pan  pan

  1. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
    - cooking pan
     
  2. Shallow container made of metal
     
  3. [Brit] The bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water
    - toilet bowl
     
  4. (geography) natural depression or basin in which water collects
Verb: pan (panned,panning)  pan
  1. Make a sweeping movement
    "The camera panned across the room"
     
  2. Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
    - pan out, pan off
     
  3. Express a totally negative opinion of
    "The critics panned the performance";
    - tear apart, trash
Combining form: pan-  pan
  1. Inclusive, all, including everything
Noun: Pan  pan
  1. Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
    - genus Pan
     
  2. (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
    - goat god

See also:
pams
Panacea

Anagrams containing the word pan

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