1. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
   "She sautéed the vegetables in a large cooking pan";
   - cooking pan
    
2. Shallow container made of metal
   "She fried the eggs in a non-stick pan"
    
3. [Brit] The bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water
   "He scrubbed the pan until it sparkled";
   - toilet bowl
    
4. [US, informal] A person's face
   "His pan revealed years of hard living";
   - countenance [informal], physiognomy [informal], phiz [Brit, informal], visage [informal], kisser [informal], smiler [informal], mug [informal], fizzog [Brit, informal], phizog [Brit, informal]
    
5. (geography) natural depression or basin in which water collects
   "The desert landscape was dotted with dry pans"

1. [informal] Express a totally negative opinion of
   "The critics panned the performance";
   - tear apart [informal], trash [informal]
    
2. Make a sweeping movement
   "The camera panned across the room"
    
3. Wash gravel, sand, or dirt in a pan to separate out gold or other precious minerals
   "The prospectors panned off the river sediment in search of gold";
   - pan out, pan off

1. (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
   "The goat god Pan was known for his musical abilities, especially with the pan flute";
   - goat god
    
2. Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
   - genus Pan

1. Inclusive, all, including everything

Sounds like: panne

Derived forms: panning, panned, pans

Type of: belittle, bowl, container, cooking utensil, cookware, disparage, face, go, Greek deity, human face, locomote, mammal genus, move, pick at, travel, wash

Part of: can [N. Amer, informal], commode [N. Amer], family Pongidae, human head, loo [Brit, informal], Pongidae, pot [informal], potty [informal], stool [archaic], throne [informal], toilet

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