pan
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Is pan a Scrabble word?
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Definition
name (English)
1. (Greek mythology) Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. His Roman counterpart is Faunus.Greek
2. (astronomy) An inner moon of the planet Saturn, notable for its equatorial ridge.
name (English)
1. (UK, slang, obsolete) The workhouse in St Pancras, London.UKobsoleteslang
name (English)
1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of Proto-Austronesian.abbreviationalt-of
noun (English)
1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyacrylonitrile.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of peroxyacetyl nitrate.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
3. (organic chemistry) Initialism of phenylacetonitrile.Synonyms: benzeneacetonitrile, benzylcyanideabbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
noun (English)
1. (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.Ireland
2. (geography, geology) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
3. (geography, geology) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especiallySouth-Africaespecially
4. (geography, geology) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especiallySynonyms: playa lakeSouth-Africa
5. (geography, geology) An expanse of level land located in a depression, especiallyabbreviationalt-ofellipsis
6. (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.abbreviationalt-ofellipsis
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).Examples: "We […] witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand."transitive
2. (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)Examples: "Matt Damon, who compared the advent of virtual money to the development of aviation and spaceflight in a critically panned but widely seen Crypto.com ad last year, did not respond to requests to weigh in."Synonyms: animadvert, admonish, bash, bawl out, blast, derogate, berate, berisptransitive
3. (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.intransitive
4. (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.informaltransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary