pan betydelse and definition

Betydelse av pan på svenska

• 0 a metal container that is round and often has a long handle and a lid, used for cooking things on top of a cooker:

  • Heat the milk in a small pan.

  • This dishwasher even washes pots and pans (= different types of pan).

  • Put both cake pans in the oven for half an hour.

• 1 the bowl-shaped part of a toilet

• 2 →  paan

• 3 (of a video camera) to move slowly from one side to another or up and down:

  • In the first scene, the camera pans slowly across the room.

• 4 to criticize something severely:

  • The critics panned the movie version of the novel.

• 5 including or relating to all the places or people in a particular group:

  • a pan-American conference

  • a pan-European summit

  • the Pan-African Congress

• 6 any of various types of metal containers, usually not deep, used for cooking food:

  • a frying pan

  • Louise moved around some pots and pans on the stove.

• 7 to severely criticize something:

  • Critics panned the concert.

• 8 (of a movie camera) to move gradually in one direction:

  • Opening scenes panned the crowded, cluttered street.