The difference between Frying pan and Pan
When used as nouns, frying pan means a long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food, whereas pan means a wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
Pan is also verb with the meaning: to wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
Pan is also adjective with the meaning: pansexual.
check bellow for the other definitions of Frying pan and Pan
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Frying pan as a noun:
A long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.
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Pan as a noun:
A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
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Pan as a noun:
The contents of such a receptacle.
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Pan as a noun:
A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
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Pan as a noun (Ireland):
A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
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Pan as a noun:
A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
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Pan as a noun (geography):
a specific type of lake, natural depression or basin. They are sometimes associated with desert areas.
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Pan as a noun:
Strong adverse criticism.
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Pan as a noun:
A loaf of bread.
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Pan as a noun:
The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
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Pan as a noun (slang):
A human face, a mug.
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Pan as a noun (roofing):
The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
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Pan as a noun:
A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
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Pan as a noun:
The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
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Pan as a noun:
The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
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Pan as a noun (figurative):
The brain, seen as one's intellect
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Pan as a noun (carpentry):
A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
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Pan as a noun:
The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil; hardpan.
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Pan as a verb (transitive):
To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
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Pan as a verb (transitive):
To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
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Pan as a verb (intransitive):
With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
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Pan as a verb (transitive, informal, of a contest):
To one's opposition convincingly.
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Pan as a verb (informal):
To a work (like a book, movie, etc.)
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Pan as a verb (intransitive):
Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
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Pan as a verb (intransitive, photography):
To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
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Pan as a verb (audio):
To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
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Pan as a noun:
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Pan as a verb:
To join or fit together; to unite.
Examples:
"rfquotek Halliwell"
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Pan as a noun:
A part; a portion.
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Pan as a noun (fortifications):
The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
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Pan as a noun:
A leaf of gold or silver.
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Pan as an adjective (informal):
Pansexual.