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Synonyms for pan

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Skillet — A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking

skillet, frying pan, tin, cookie sheet

2. Flash pan — the part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming

flash pan, priming pan

3. Chamber pot — the chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support

chamber pot, toilet

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

  2. n. 2

    The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.

  3. n. 3

    The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.

  4. n. 4

    The contents of such a receptacle.

Forms

Plural
pans → skillets, tins, toilets, faces…

Example sentences

  • tin Do you know the difference between silver and tin?
  • skillet Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her skillet.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
panrising
tinfalling
skilletrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
tin1
4 letters
face1, pipe1
5 letters
panto
6 letters
toilet2, visage2
7 letters
skillet2
8 letters
saucepan2
11 letters
countenance3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (toilet2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
poêle
Italiano
padella
Español
sartén
Deutsch
Pfanne