panful
Americannoun
plural
panfulsSpelling
See -ful.
Etymology
Origin of panful
Example Sentences
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If you're caramelizing a panful, frying up some rings, or trying out one of your other favorite onion-forward recipes, that makes sense.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2022
Mihoko told me her husband avoided talking about the war or his experience on Guam, although he did volunteer to cook up a panful of field mice shortly after they married.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2022
The crustiness comes from having a broiling panful of water – or a few ice cubes – in the bottom of the oven to steam the loaf while it cooks.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2020
To their homes the Ogpu frog-marched the protesting nuns, ransacked, found 800 silver ruble pieces, 250 rubles in Tsarist gold coins, "a panful of copper coins" and 515 carats of assorted precious stones.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Lapham had plunged the burned hand into a panful of flour and was yelling at Madge to hurry with her bread poultice.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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