pan

noun

1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
2. The contents of such a receptacle.
3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
4. A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
5. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
6. A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
7. A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
8. Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
9. Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.
10. Strong adverse criticism.
11. A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
12. The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
13. A bedpan.
14. A human face, a mug.
15. The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
16. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
17. The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
18. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
19. The brain, seen as one's intellect.
20. A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.