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headpan

headpan noun: a round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.

headpan: a round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head
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Noun

headpan (plural headpans)

  1. A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.
  2. (obsolete) The skull or neurocranium.
    Synonyms:
    brainpan, harnpan

Synonyms of headpan

Forms of headpan

pluralheadpans
alternative formhead pan
alternative formhead-pan

Origin of headpan

From Middle English heed panne, heved pan, from Old English hēafodpanne (“skull”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā, equivalent to head + pan. Cognate with Middle Low German hö̂vetpanne (“head, skull”).

Words formed from headpan

  • headpanful

Questions about headpan

What does headpan mean?
Headpan means a round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.
What part of speech is headpan?
Headpan is a noun.
What is the plural of headpan?
The plural of headpan is headpans.

Words near headpan in the dictionary

  1. Headonian
  2. headover
  3. headovers
  4. headpad
  5. headpads
  6. headpan
  7. headpans
  8. headpat
  9. headpats
  10. headpeace
  11. headpeaces

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