pans

11 definitions • 14 examples

a metal container that is round and often has a long handle and a lid, used for cooking things on top of a cooker:

Heat the milk in a small pan.

This dishwasher even washes pots and pans (= different types of pan).

a metal container without a lid used for cooking food in the oven:

Put both cake pans in the oven for half an hour.

the bowl-shaped part of a toilet

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(of a video camera) to move slowly from one side to another or up and down:

In the first scene, the camera pans slowly across the room.

to criticize something severely:

The critics panned the movie version of the novel.

short for

I came out as pan.

I enjoyed being able to talk to other pan people on social media.

including or relating to all the places or people in a particular group:

a pan-American conference

a pan-European summit

the Pan-African Congress

any of various types of metal containers, usually not deep, used for cooking food:

a frying pan

Louise moved around some pots and pans on the stove.

to severely criticize something:

Critics panned the concert.

(of a movie camera) to move gradually in one direction:

Opening scenes panned the crowded, cluttered street.