pannoun
uk/pæn/us/pæn/pan noun (CONTAINER)
B1 [ C ] a metal container that is round and often has a long handle and a lid, used for cooking things on top of a cooker:
[ C ] US UK tin a metal container without a lid used for cooking food in the oven:
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- Divide the mixture evenly between the baking pans.
- Don't bother drying the pans - just leave them to drain.
- Fry the onions in a shallow pan.
- Stir the sauce so that it doesn't stick to the pan.
- I dropped a pan of boiling water and scalded my leg.
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Pots & pans
- baking sheet
- billy
- broiler pan
- caldron
- casserole
- cauldron
- fondue set
- fryer
- frying pan
- grill pan
- non-stick
- ovenware
- pot
- pressure cooker
- saucepan
- skillet
- springform tin
- steamer
- Teflon
- wok
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pan noun (TOILET)
[ C ] UK the bowl-shaped part of a toilet
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Parts of buildings: the toilet
- bathroom
- bedpan
- bog
- chamber pot
- cistern
- cloakroom
- flush
- john
- ladies' room
- latrine
- lav
- lavatory
- litter
- loo
- powder room
- privy
- public convenience
- restroom
- shithouse
- women's room
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pan noun (BETEL LEAF)
[ U ] → paan
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Herbs & spices
- allspice
- basil
- bay leaf
- black pepper
- borage
- cinnamon
- condiment
- coriander
- cumin
- curry paste
- jalapeño
- lemon grass
- mace
- marjoram
- masala
- spearmint
- spice
- tarragon
- thyme
- turmeric
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Idiom(s)
panverb
uk/pæn/us/pæn/-nn-pan verb (MOVE SLOWLY)
[ I ] (of a video camera) to move slowly from one side to another or up and down:
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Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- Bollywood
- boom
- CGI
- filming
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- shoot
- showing
- slide projector
- slow motion
- sound effect
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- the big screen 1
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pan verb (CRITICIZE)
[ T ] informal to criticize something severely:
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- talk trash idiom
- throw
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