brainpan

American  

[breyn-pan] / ˈbreɪnˌpæn /

noun

1. the skull or cranium.

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brainpan British  

/ ˈbreɪnˌpæn /

noun

1. informal the skull

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Etymology

Origin of brainpan

before 1000; Middle English brayn panne, Old English brægenpanne. See brain, pan ¹

Example Sentences

The Jewish children’s charity has burrowed into the national brainpan for more than 10 years and attracted government scrutiny for its charitable disbursements.

From Los Angeles Times

“Ignorance” is gray and confined within a cage, “Shame” is purple with nails pounded into its squashed brainpan, and “The Subconscious” is covered in gold leaf and recessed into a blue rectangle.

From Washington Post

To our right, an emaciated mummy of a man guzzled ruby-red punch out of what eerily resembled a human brainpan.

From Literature

At the brink of a crisis, he navigates a feudalistic world with an evil emperor, noble houses and subjugated peoples, a tale right out of mythology and right at home in George Lucas’s brainpan.

From New York Times

Another track that shows off Aphex Twin’s flair for writing a melody that sticks hard to the brainpan.

From The Guardian