pan

pan

noun

A shallow, round metal container used for cooking or frying food.

"Heat the oil in a frying pan."

verb

To move a camera slowly across a scene or to follow a moving object.

"The camera panned across the landscape."

verb

To severely criticise a film, play, book, or other creative work.

"Critics panned the new theatre production."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: genus Pan, cooking pan, goat god, trash, tear apart, pan off, pan out