Difference between panyard and pan

pan

Definitions

verb

  1. wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
  2. express a totally negative opinion of
  3. make a sweeping movement

noun

  1. shallow container made of metal
  2. cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

Examples

Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish.

Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010.

The reconnaissance is conducted by teams from the reconnaissance company of the airborne brigade and the reconnaissance platoon of an IFV-equipped airborne battalion or by a designated platoon of an airborne battalion.

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