"headpan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: headpans [plural], head pan [alternative], head-pan [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English heed panne, heved pan, from Old English hēafodpanne (“skull”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā, equivalent to head + pan. Cognate with Middle Low German hö̂vetpanne (“head, skull”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heed panne}} Middle English heed panne, {{inh|en|ang|hēafodpanne|t=skull}} Old English hēafodpanne (“skull”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*haubudapannā}} Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā, {{com|en|head|pan}} head + pan, {{cog|gml|hö̂vetpanne|t=head, skull}} Middle Low German hö̂vetpanne (“head, skull”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} headpan (plural headpans)
  1. (chiefly in Africa) A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.
    Sense id: en-headpan-en-noun-aWkE4K~l Categories (other): African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Construction, Containers Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Construction: 93 7 Disambiguation of Containers: 57 43
  2. (anatomy, obsolete) The skull or neurocranium. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: brainpan, harnpan
    Sense id: en-headpan-en-noun-iTqiC0Rv Categories (other): Anatomy, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: headpanful

Inflected forms

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