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  1. noun A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes.
  2. noun A vessel similar in form to a pan, especially:
  3. noun An open metal dish used to separate gold or other metal from gravel or waste by washing.
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  • Sweat the vegetables; stirring occasionally for 15 to 20 minutes, until the vegetables begin to break down and the liquid they extrude begins to evaporate and the pan is almost dry.
  • The box and the pan are the two major components of the sled. —  Automotive Headlines
  • This deepens all the flavors and gives the pasta that slightly crispy, browned taste that you find in Chinese pan-fried noodles. —  The Kitchn
  • The first thing you'll notice about this pan is the cool teal metallic color but don't get too attached to it, after about six months of use it will start to dull. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • One of the nicest things about this pan is the price; when I found it, it was on sale for four dollars at my local —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
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dish ·  kettle ·  bucket ·  plate ·  basin ·  tray ·  jar ·  oven ·  tin ·  basket ·  tins ·  cake

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pan:   pans ·  Pan ·  panning ·  panned
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  1. Middle English, from Old English panne, from West Germanic *panna, probably from Vulgar Latin *patna, from Latin patina, shallow pan, platter, from Greek patanē; see petə- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Hindi pān, from Sanskrit parṇam, feather, betel leaf; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.
  3. Short for panorama or panoramic.

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  1. from Middle English panne, ponne, from Anglo-Saxon panne, a pan, also in comp. heáfod-panne, the skull (see headpan, and cf. brainpan), = OFries. panne, ponne = Middle Dutch panne, Dutch pan = Middle Low German Low German panne = Old High German Panna, phanna, pfanna, Middle High German phanne, pfanne, German pfanne, a pan, = Icelandic Panna = Swedish panna = Danish Pande, a pan, also the forehead; = Irish Panna = Welsh pan, a pan; from Middle Latin panna, Latin patina, a shallow bowl or dish (= Greek πατάνη, Sicilian βατάνη, a flat dish), perhaps patere, be open: see patent, Cf. paten, patin, patina, patella, etc.
  2. from pan,n.
  3. Origin obscure; according to some, from French pan, a piece of clothing, = Spanish Paño = Portuguese Italian panno, from Latin pannus, a piece of cloth: see pane.
  4. Latin, from Greek Πάν, a rural god (see def.).
  5. Var. of pane.
  6. Also pawn; from Hindustani pān.
 

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