Synonyms of pan
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Another word for pan is skillet. Other synonyms of pan are tin.
Synonyms and similar words for pan
nounA wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- frying panA long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.
- skilletA large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
- cookie sheetA wide, flat metal pan suitable for baking in an oven.
- tinA metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.
nounA cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal...
- saucepanA deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.
nounSynonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- playa lakeA temporary lake formed after rainfall in a playa.
nounSynonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.
- pipeA vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano through which magma has passed, often filled with volcanic...
nounThe chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its...
- chamber potA container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the...
- toiletA chamber pot.
nounThe part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- flash panA small receptacle for priming powder, found next to the touch hole on muzzleloading guns.
- priming panSynonym of flash pan.
verbTo disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.).
- admonish
- animadvert
- bash
- bawl out
- tilt
- cannonadeTo discharge artillery fire upon.
- slash
- lash
- blame
- scorch informal
- blast
- berateTo chide or scold vehemently.
- castigate
- censure
- charge
- chastise
- chew outTo lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.
- chide
- condemn
- criticize
- denounce
- denunciateTo condemn openly.
- deprecate
- derogate
- dispraiseTo notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.
- drag slang
- dress down
- eat someone alive
- excoriate
- find faultTo criticize something excessively.
- fulminate
- get at
- get down
- get up Australia
- give somebody a piece of one's mind
- give somebody what-for
- inveigh
- lace into
- lambaste
- lay into
- lecture
- light intoTo set upon or attack.
- objurgate
- pooh-poohTo dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish.
- put someone on blast slangTo embarrass by publicly denouncing or exposing, especially by using social media.
- rate
- read somebody the riot act
- rebukeTo criticise harshly; to reprove.
- reprehendTo criticize, to reprove.
- reprimandTo reprove in a formal or official way.
- reproach
- reprove
- rip into
- rubbish Australia
- savage
- scold
- skewer figuratively
- slam
- slate
- tear intoTo subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
- tell off
- threap
- tick off
- toshTo use a tosh-pan, either to wash, to splash, or to "bath".
- keelhaul
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- berisp obsoleteTo censure; reprove.
Meaning of pan
- noun A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- noun The contents of such a receptacle.
- noun A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
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