noun

1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

2. The contents of such a receptacle.

3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.

Synonyms: cookie sheet, frying pan, skillet, tin, saucepan

verb

1. To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).

2. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.

3. With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.

noun

1. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.

2. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.

3. Meanings relating to a container.

Synonyms: pan, bar, vertical bar, vertical line, virgule