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PAN/pæn/

A pan is a metal container you cook in on the hob: a frying pan, in a pan. A saucepan is deep with a lid; a pan can be shallow. A pot is often deeper, for soup or a plant. Put the pan on the hob; a dirty pan. Countable: a pan, pans.

Meaning

A metal container you cook food in on the hob.

Examples

• “Fry the eggs in a pan.”
• “The pan is too hot.”
• “Wash the pan after you cook.”

Good to know

in a pan / a frying pan. Contrast: saucepan (deep), pot (often deeper). on the hob.

Near in meaning

saucepan

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