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Essential kitchenware comprising cooking utensils, pots, and pans for preparing meals
“To get started, coat a grill pan with the cooking spray and rub both sides of the steaks with the seasoning of your choice.”
Plural for a hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated
“The open pan of the valley had no terrors for us in daylight.”
Plural for the front part of the head of a person or animal
“Just sign the statement and give my eyes a rest from your ugly pan.”
Plural for a cylindrical container, typically used for holding or cooking food
Plural for the expression of very strong disapproval
Plural for a round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid
Plural for a critical remark or putdown
Plural for a large, flat tray or pan used for baking
Plural for a remnant of lake consisting of fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts
Plural for a lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping
Plural for a container used for collecting and containing loose dirt, with synonyms box, collector
Plural for a propagator is a box, cloche, or pan used to nurture and cultivate plants
Plural for a critical appraisal of a book, play, film, etc. published in a newspaper or magazine
To turn horizontally or in an arc
“I pan the camera towards Dad, just in time to see what he is cooking, and it is disastrous.”
To criticize severely, especially as part of a review
“The critics would pan the sound mixing, however, and it made me wonder if someone had as rich an auditory recollection of the event as I had a visual.”
To insult or make disparaging remarks to or about
“I have an 11-month-old who never ceases to pan my attempts at humor when I'm on daddy daycare duty.”
To wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold)
“In the early days of mining, gold miners would pan for gold.”
To fry in a pan with minimal oil
To obtain coal, minerals, or other valuable materials through excavation
To search (an area) for something, especially mineral deposits
To sort, separate or isolate from the rest
To hold or write a review of
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