1 a container, usually made of metal, with a handle or handles, used for cooking food in:
pots and pans * a large stainless steel pan
seealsoFRYINGPAN, SAUCEPAN
2 the amount contained in a pan:
a pan of boiling water
3 (AmE) = TIN(5):
a cake pan
4 either of the dishes on a pair of SCALES that you put things into in order to weigh them
5 (BrE) the bowl of a toilet
seealsoBEDPAN, DUSTPAN, SKIDPAN, WARMINGPAN
IDIOMS
go down the pan (BrE, slang) to be wasted or spoiled:
That's another brilliant idea down the pan.
moreatFLASHn.
verb (-nn-)
1 [VN] [usuallypassive] (informal) to severely criticize sth such as a play or a film/movie:
The television series was panned by critics and viewers alike.
2 if a television or video camera pans somewhere, or a person pans or pans a camera, the camera moves in a particular direction, to follow an object or to film a wide area: [V, +adv./prep.] The camera panned back to the audience. * [VN] He panned the camera along the row of faces.
3 ~ (for sth) to wash soil or small stones in a pan to find gold or other valuable minerals:
[V] panning for gold [also VN]
PHRASALVERBS
pan out (informal) (of events or a situation) to develop in a particular way:
I'm happy with the way things have panned out.
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