Collocations for "pan"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pan" in context.
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pan
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [frying, baking, grilling, waffle, griddle] pan
- [steel, aluminum, Teflon, non-stick] pans
- add [vegetable, sunflower, sesame] oil to the pan
- add the [eggs, ingredients, meat, fish, vegetables] to the pan
- stir the [eggs] into the pan
- [shake, remove, empty, clean, wash] the pan
- reduce the pan to [medium, low] heat
- place the pan on the stove
- remove the pan to [cool, rest]
- feel like I was hit [in, over] the head with a frying pan
- (cooking) pots and pans
- a pan with a [cover, lid, handle]
- a [close-up, panoramic, wide, slow, crowd, camera] pan
- a pan [of, across] the [scene, action]
- pan [lids, handles, covers]
- pan for gold
- pan the [camera, shot]
- pan to [credits, commercial]
- pan across the [stage, scene]
- pan and [tilt, zoom]
- pan to [the car, her]
- see how it all pans out
- if it pans out
- the camera panned [out, away] (from)
- the movie was panned (by critics)
'pan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
baking
- batter
- beef
- boil
- boiling
- butter
- cake
- chicken
- coat
- combine
- cooker
- copper
- cover
- cozy
- crisp
- flash
- flip
- flute
- fried
- fry
- gold
- grease
- greasy
- ingredient
- ladle
- milk
- mixture
- muffin
- oil
- pizza
- rice
- roast
- rub
- sauce
- sieve
- spoon
- stuck
- swirl
- syrup
- tart
- thyme
- tightly
- toss
- water
- wool