pan

Scrabble Points: | Base[5] | DW[10] | TW[15]
WWF Points: | Base[7] | DW[14] | TW[21]

1. A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes.

2. A vessel similar in form to a pan, especially:

3. An open metal dish used to separate gold or other metal from gravel or waste by washing.

4. Either of the receptacles on a balance or pair of scales.

5. A vessel used for boiling and evaporating liquids.

6. A basin or depression in the earth, often containing mud or water.

7. A natural or artificial basin used to obtain salt by evaporating brine.

8. Hardpan.

9. A freely floating piece of ice that has broken off a larger floe.

10. The small cavity in the lock of a flintlock used to hold powder.

11. Music A steel drum.

12. Slang The face.

13. Informal Severe criticism, especially a negative review: gave the film a pan.

14. A leaf of the betel vine.

15. A chewing preparation of this leaf with betel nuts, spices, and lime, used in the Far East.

1. To wash gravel, sand, or other sediment in a pan.

2. To yield gold as a result of washing in a pan.

3. To move a movie or television camera to follow an object or create a panoramic effect.

1. To wash (gravel, for example) in a pan for gold or other precious metal.

2. To cook (food) in a pan: panned the fish right after catching it.

3. Informal To criticize or review harshly.

4. To move (a camera) so as to follow a moving object or create a panoramic effect.

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