PANHANDLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does panhandle mean?
• PANHANDLE (noun)
The noun PANHANDLE has 2 senses:
1. a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
2. the handle of a pan
Familiarity information: PANHANDLE used as a noun is rare.
• PANHANDLE (verb)
The verb PANHANDLE has 1 sense:
1. beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
Familiarity information: PANHANDLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PANHANDLE (noun)
Meaning:
A relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia
Hypernyms ("panhandle" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meaning:
The handle of a pan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("panhandle" is a kind of...):
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
Holonyms ("panhandle" is a part of...):
pan (shallow container made of metal)
• PANHANDLE (verb)
Meaning:
Beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "panhandle" is one way to...):
beg (ask to obtain free)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
