• Noun

    a broad, shallow container of metal, usually having sides flaring outward toward the top, used in various forms for frying, baking, washing, etc.
    any similar receptacle or part, as the scales of a balance.
    the amount a pan holds or can hold; panful
    a pan of shelled peas.
    any of various open or closed containers used in industrial or mechanical processes.
    a container in which silver ores are ground and amalgamated.
    a container in which gold or other heavy, valuable metals are separated from gravel or other substances by agitation with water.
    a drifting piece of flat, thin ice, as formed on a shore or bay.
    a natural depression in the ground, as one containing water, mud, or mineral salts.
    a similar depression made artificially, as for evaporating salt water to make salt.
    (in old guns) the depressed part of the lock, holding the priming.
    Also, panning. an unfavorable review, critique, or appraisal
    The show got one rave and three pans.
    Slang . the face.

    Verb (used with object)

    Informal . to criticize severely, as in a review of a play.
    to wash (gravel, sand, etc.) in a pan to separate gold or other heavy valuable metal.
    to cook (oysters, clams, etc.) in a pan.

    Verb (used without object)

    to wash gravel, sand, etc., in a pan in seeking gold or the like.
    to yield gold or the like, as gravel washed in a pan. ?

    Verb phrase

    pan out, Informal . to turn out, esp. successfully
    The couple's reconciliation just didn't pan out.

    Antonyms

    verb
    praise

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