pans

The word “pans” has 1 syllable: pans

It's pronounced as /pænz/

What is synonym and antonym for pans?

In the thesaurus, “pans” has 84 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for pans along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for pans

admonishes
appearances
aspects
assails
attacks
bad-mouths
beefs
belittles
bellyaches
berates
bitches
blames
blasts
carps
castigates
cavils
censures
chides
clobbers
complains
condemns
countenances
crabs
criticizes
croaks
crucifies
decries
denounces
derides
discommends
disparages
dispraises
disses
drubs
excoriates
expressions
faces
faults
features
flays
fusses
gibbets
gripes
grouses
growls
grumbles
hammers
keelhauls
kicks
kissers
knocks
kvetches
lambastes
lambasts
lashes
lineaments
looks
miens
moans
mugs
murmurs
mutters
niggles
physiognomies
pillories
presences
pusses
puts down
quibbles
rebukes
reprehends
reprimands
reproaches
reproves
scolds
skewers
slags
slams
slashes
takes to task
tweaks
upbraids
visages
whines

Antonyms for pans

approves
commends
endorses
extolls
extols
indorses
lauds
praises
recommends
sanctions

Meanings of pans

noun
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.
4. 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. An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially.
7. Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
8. Strong adverse criticism.
9. A loaf of bread.
10. The chamber pot in a close stool; the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
11. A human face, a mug.
12. (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
13. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
14. The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
15. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
16. The brain, seen as one's intellect.
17. A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
18. A part; a portion.
19. (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
20. A leaf of gold or silver.
21. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
22. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
23. Meanings relating to a container.
24. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
25. Meanings relating to computing.
26. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.
verb
1. To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
2. To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely.
3. With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful.
4. (of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
5. To criticize harshly a work (like a book, movie, etc.).
6. Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally.
7. To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360 degrees from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
8. (audio) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
9. To join or fit together; to unite.

Example Sentences

Pans of various sizes cluttered the kitchen countertop.
She carefully stacked the clean pans in the cupboard after washing them.
The chef grabbed several pans to start preparing dinner for the evening rush.
We could hear the clanging of metal pans as the percussion section practiced for the concert.
His specialty was flipping omelets in the air with skillful maneuvers of the frying pans.

On this page you'll find 94 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to pans, such as: admonishes, appearances, approves, aspects, assails, attacks, bad-mouths.

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