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DictionarypanShallow container
noun / verb

pan

PAN/pæn/

A broad shallow container.

The shallow pan has low sides, a broad cooking surface, and a handle.

Simple shallow frying pan with handle, clear low sides and cooking surface, no logos.
Etymology
panOld Englishpan

Old English panne already named a pan. The modern container sense preserves that concrete meaning, while the word's earlier ancestry remains uncertain.

In context

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pour off all the oil that I used for cooking the meatballs. So I'm going to use the same pan.
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More examples

  • She slides the pan of vegetables into the oven.
  • The clean pans are stacked beside the sink.
  • Visitors pan for gold in the creek.

Forms

pan · pans · panned · panning

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Usually flatter, with low edges, for carrying or arranging things.
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Usually deeper and bowl-shaped, often for holding water.