What is the meaning of Pan?

Answer 1

A part; a portion., The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle., A leaf of gold or silver., To join or fit together; to unite., The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel., The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented., A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing., A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum., The part of a flintlock which holds the priming., The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium., A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge., The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard., A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud., To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan., To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly., To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.

Answer 2

A cake pan is a pan specially made for baking cakes. They are available round, for stacking cakes, square and oblong for single layer or sheet cakes.

Answer 3

In Greek mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, nature, and shepherds. He is often depicted with the legs and horns of a goat. Pan is associated with rustic music and is a symbol of fertility and the untamed aspects of the natural world.