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brainpans

brainpans is the plural of brainpan.

Meaning of brainpan

Noun

brainpan (plural brainpans)

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial) The braincase; the skull.
    • Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (Canada, US, colloquial) The brain or mind.
    • ‘And a hard word it is,’ said Richie, ‘as my brainpan kens to this blessed moment.’1822, Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel

Questions about brainpans

What is brainpans the plural of?
Brainpans is the plural of brainpan.

Words near brainpans in the dictionary

  1. brainlock
  2. brainly
  3. brainordinate
  4. brainordinates
  5. brainpan
  6. brainpans
  7. brainpower
  8. brainpowers
  9. brainrot
  10. brainrotted
  11. brainrotten

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