pancheon

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UK/ˈpan(t)ʃən/

noun

A shallow dish used to stand milk while the cream separates, or in which to bake bread.

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Meanings

nounpancheon (plural pancheons)

plural pancheons · alternative panchion · alternative pansion · alternative panshin

  1. UKregionalA shallow dish used to stand milk while the cream separates, or in which to bake bread.

    The poem was finished, he took the bread out of the oven, arranging the burnt loaves at the bottom of the panchion, the good ones at the top.

    1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

Origin

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of pankin.

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pancheon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancheon

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“pancheon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancheon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pancheon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancheon.

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