pan off

1. 1.

   wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

   Synonymspanpan out

   Broaderwash

Questions about pan off

What does pan off mean?

pan off means "wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals".

What is another word for pan off?

Close synonyms include pan, pan out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pan off a common word?

pan off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.