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headpan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
head-pan
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.

noun

The skull or neurocranium.

Obsolete

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

headpans (plural) head pan (alternative) head-pan (alternative)

Derived Forms

headpanful

Synonyms

brainpan harnpan

Questions

What does headpan mean?
A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.
Where does headpan come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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