pan
/pæn/noun
उच्चारण पैन
कड़ाही, तवा, पैन
Basic word
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[C]
a container, usually made of metal, with a handle or handles, used for cooking food in
कड़ाही, तवा, पैन
- a frying pan
- Heat a little oil in the pan before adding the cumin.
- She washed the pan and left it to dry.
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- He fried the eggs in a small non-stick pan.
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[T] informal
to severely criticize something such as a play or a film
कड़ी आलोचना करना
- Critics panned the film.
- The new play was panned by every newspaper in the city.
- Reviewers panned the film for its weak story.
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- Her first novel was panned, but the second was a hit.
→Phrasal verbs 1
pan out
(informal) to develop in a particular way
(किसी ख़ास तरह से) परिणाम निकलना, नतीजा होना
- Let's see how things pan out before we decide.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the cooking-pot words: pan, saucepan, wok, kadhai, tawa (a flat griddle), pressure cooker.
पकाने के बर्तन याद रखिए: pan, saucepan, wok, kadhai, tawa (सपाट तवा), pressure cooker।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: pan- as a prefix means all (pandemic, pan-India, panorama).
प्रयोग में prefix pan- का अर्थ सब है (pandemic, pan-India, panorama)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Out of the frying pan into the fire (from a bad situation into a worse one), a flash in the pan (a sudden success that does not last), pan out (develop in a particular way: 'Let's see how things pan out').
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: out of the frying pan into the fire (बुरी स्थिति से और बुरी में, आसमान से गिरे खजूर में अटके), a flash in the pan (क्षणिक सफलता जो टिके नहीं), pan out (किसी ढंग से विकसित होना: 'Let's see how things pan out')।