Definition/Meaning of pan

• English - Noun: pan (plural pans or (humorous) pen) 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. (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin. A wide receptacle in which gold grains…
• English - Verb: pan (third-person singular simple present pans, present participle panning, simple past and past participle panned) (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold). 1875, William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs: We […] witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. (transitive)…
• English - Adjective: pan (not comparable) (informal, not comparable) Pansexual or panromantic . 2013, Alejandra Rodriguez, "Isn't That Bisexual?", Outwrite, Fall 2013, page 7 Another anonymous pansexual disclosed, "Sometimes I feel really left out because I'm pan. […] " 2013, Megan Hertner, "Understanding Gender and Sexuality", Grapevine (Huron University College), December 2013, page 19 A similar experience is…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English panne , from Old English panne, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ. Further origin uncertain. Alois Walde firstly suggests that it might be from Late Latin panna , from Latin patina (“broad, shallow dish, pan, stewpan”), from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē, “kind of flat dish”), which is probably from Pre-Greek. But the sound shifting from…
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pæn/ (British, Northern England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales) IPA: /pan/ (Canada, General American) IPA: /pæn/ , [peə̯n] ~ [pɛə̯n] (Australia) IPA: /pæːn/ , [peːn] (New Zealand) IPA: /pɛn/ Homophone: panne Rhymes: -æn Homophone: panne Homophone: panne Homophone: panne Homophone: panne