pan

Definitions of pan
  1. noun
    shallow container made of metal
    synonyms: WC, closetpot, oerbank, toiletpot, w.c.
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    afwasbak, afwasteil
    large pan for washing dishes
    beddenpan, beddepan
    a long-handled covered pan holding live coals to warm a bed
    type of:
    container, laadkist
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
  2. noun
    cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
    synonyms: oerbank
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    lekbak
    pan for catching drippings under roasting meat
    bakpan, hapjespan, koekenpan, koekepan
    a pan used for frying foods
    kookpan, steelpan
    a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling
    wadjan, wadjang, wok
    pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking
    bain-marie
    two saucepans, one fitting inside the other
    spinnekop, spinnenkop, wipmolen, wipwatermolen
    a skillet made of cast iron
    stoofpan
    a saucepan used for stewing
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    keukengarnituur, keukengereedschap, keukengerei, kookgerei
    a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking
  3. noun
    a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
    synonyms: dakpan, tapijttegel, tegel
  4. noun
    a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
    synonyms: dakpan, tapijttegel, tegel
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    nokpan, vorstpan
    a decorative tile that is bent in cross section; used to cover the ridge of a roof
    type of:
    dakbedekking
    building material used in constructing roofs
  5. noun
    a condition in which things are not in their expected places
    synonyms: augiasstal, beestenbende, beestenboel, bende, janboel, kankerzooi, keet, klerezooi, prulleboel, prullenboel, puinhoop, rommel, rommelzooi, rotzooi, soepzootje, teringzooi, troep, warboel, zooi, zootje, zwijneboel, zwijnekeet, zwijnenboel, zwijnenkeet, zwijnenpan, zwijnenstal, zwijnepan, zwijnestal, zwijnezooi
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    augiasstal, beestenbende, beestenboel, bende, janboel, kankerzooi, keet, klerezooi, prulleboel, prullenboel, puinhoop, rommel, rommelzooi, rotzooi, soepzootje, teringzooi, troep, warboel, zooi, zootje, zwijneboel, zwijnekeet, zwijnenboel, zwijnenkeet, zwijnenpan, zwijnenstal, zwijnepan, zwijnestal, zwijnezooi
    a state of confusion and disorderliness
    ontreddering
    a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
    sneeuwwolk
    a confused multitude of things
    type of:
    gesteldheid, hoedanigheid, staat, standing, status, voorwaarde
    a state at a particular time
  6. noun
    a state of confusion and disorderliness
    synonyms: augiasstal, beestenbende, beestenboel, bende, janboel, kankerzooi, keet, klerezooi, prulleboel, prullenboel, puinhoop, rommel, rommelzooi, rotzooi, soepzootje, teringzooi, troep, warboel, zooi, zootje, zwijneboel, zwijnekeet, zwijnenboel, zwijnenkeet, zwijnenpan, zwijnenstal, zwijnepan, zwijnestal, zwijnezooi
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    augiasstal, beestenbende, beestenboel, bende, janboel, kankerzooi, keet, klerezooi, prulleboel, prullenboel, puinhoop, rommel, rommelzooi, rotzooi, soepzootje, teringzooi, troep, warboel, zooi, zootje, zwijneboel, zwijnekeet, zwijnenboel, zwijnenkeet, zwijnenpan, zwijnenstal, zwijnepan, zwijnestal, zwijnezooi
    a condition in which things are not in their expected places
  7. noun
    a depression hollowed out of solid matter
    synonyms: duinpan
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    kuil
    a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
    konijnehol, konijnenhol, konijnenpijp, konijnepijp
    a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits
    wormgat, wormsteek
    hole made by a burrowing worm
    drijfzand, loopzand, welzand
    a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
    zandafgraving, zanderij, zandgraverij, zandgroeve
    a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
    huurkazerne, mensenpakhuis, woonkazerne
    a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
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    bluts, buts, deuk, kom, laagte
    a sunken or depressed geological formation
  8. noun
    a small valley between mountains
    synonyms: duinpan
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    vallei
    a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
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