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pans

/pænz/

pans is the plural of pan.

pans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pan.

Meaning of pan

Noun

pan (plural pans or (humorous) pen)

  1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
  2. The contents of such a receptacle.
  3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
    Synonyms:
    saucepan
  4. (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
  5. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
  6. A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.

See all 40 meanings of pan

Proper noun capitalized: Pans

Pans

  1. (plural) plural of Pan

Noun (1) capitalized: Pans

Pans

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Peter Pans; plural of Pan.

Noun (2) capitalized: PANs

PANs

  1. (plural) plural of PAN

Phrases with pans

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Words that rhyme with pans

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Questions about pans

What is pans the plural of?
Pans is the plural of pan.
What part of speech is pans?
Pans can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce pans?
Pans is pronounced /pænz/.

Words near pans in the dictionary

  1. panretinophotocoagulation
  2. panrhythmic
  3. panromantic
  4. panromanticism
  5. panromantics
  6. pans
  7. pans and scans
  8. pans out
  9. pansaree
  10. pansarees
  11. pansari

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pans (page history and authors); Pans (page history and authors); PANs (page history and authors); pan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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