brainpan

[ breyn-pan ]

/ ˈbreɪnˌpæn /

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noun

the skull or cranium.

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Origin of brainpan

before 1000; Middle English brayn panne, Old English brægenpanne. See brain, pan¹

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Examples from the Web for brainpan

What in the name of Heaven has put such ideas into your brainpan?
The Weird of the Wentworths, Vol. 1|Johannes Scotus
The post mortem found out that Gustave had died from a rush of words to his brainpan.
You Should Worry Says John Henry|George V. Hobart

British Dictionary definitions for brainpan

brainpan

/ (ˈbreɪnˌpæn) /

noun

informal the skull

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