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noun (plural pans) |
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1. cooking pot: a cooking pot, usually metal and with a handle, for use on the burner of a stove
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2. shallow cooking dish: a shallow metal cooking dish used for baking food in an oven
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3. shallow open container: a shallow open container used to store, catch, or heat liquids or other substances
  drained the old oil into a pan
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4. mineral extract dish for sorting minerals: a flat metal dish, shaped like a pie plate, used to separate precious minerals, especially gold, from loose soil, gravel, or sediment
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5. measurements scale dish: either of the dishes suspended in a balance scale
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6. geography hollowed place in dirt: a natural shallow sink or basin in the ground, usually filled with rainwater or mud
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7. geography
Same as hardpan
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8. mineral extract shallow area for evaporating brine: a natural or artificial concavity in the earth, in which brine is evaporated, leaving behind salt
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9. oceanography thin ice floe: a small flat thin ice floe of the type that forms near a shore or in a bay
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10. arms priming container in gun: the hollow part of a flintlock gun, into which the gunpowder is loaded
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11. music steel drum: a metal drum played in steel bands
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12. critical review: a harshly critical review
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verb (past and past participle panned, present participle pan·ning, 3rd person present singular pans) |
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1. transitive verb criticize severely: to criticize somebody or something severely, especially in a review
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informal
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2. intransitive verb mineral extract sort through dirt for minerals: to use a shallow dish to separate valuable minerals from loose soil, gravel, or sediment by washing or shaking
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3. intransitive verb mineral extract yield precious metals: to yield valuable metals when separating minerals and leavings by means of washing or shaking using a shallow dish
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| [ Old English panne< Germanic] |
