evaporating pan

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• pan — pan1 [pan] n. [ME panne < OE, akin to Ger pfanne, early Gmc loanword < VL panna, prob. < L patina, a pan: see PATELLA] 1. any of many kinds of containers, usually broad, shallow, without a cover, and made of metal, used for domestic… …   English World dictionary

• Pan — Pan, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.] 1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pan — pan1 panner, n. /pan/, n., v., panned, panning. n. 1. a broad, shallow container of metal, usually having sides flaring outward toward the top, used in various forms for frying, baking, washing, etc. 2. any similar receptacle or part, as the… …   Universalium

• pan — I. /pæn / (say pan) noun 1. a dish commonly of metal, usually broad, shallow and open, used for culinary and other domestic purposes: a frying pan; cake pan 2. any pot or saucepan. 3. any dish like receptacle or part. 4. any of various open or… …  

• pan — I. noun Etymology: Middle English panne, from Old English (akin to Old High German phanna pan), from Latin patina, from Greek patanē Date: before 12th century 1. a. a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• syrup pan — noun : a large evaporating pan usually containing a series of alternating baffles in which the juice of sugar cane or sorghum is boiled into syrup …   Useful english dictionary

• Flash in the pan — Pan Pan, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.] 1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To savor of the pan — Pan Pan, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.] 1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Etosha Pan — ▪ salt pan, Namibia  extremely flat salt pan, northern Namibia, covering an area of approximately 1,900 square miles (4,800 square km) at an elevation of about 3,400 feet (1,030 m). This enormous expanse of salt, glimmering green in the dry… …   Universalium

• Salt pan — Salt Salt, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS. sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.] 1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. Salt tears.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Salt pan — Salt pans can refer to: *Salt pan (geology), a flat expanse of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually found in deserts *Salt evaporation pond, a method of producing salt by evaporating brine …   Wikipedia