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In some senses, brainpan is marked as US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
BRAINPAN + NOUN
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noun
The braincase; the skull.
Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.
Yet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte, / The tempred steele did not into his braynepan byte.
The brain or mind.
‘And a hard word it is,’ said Richie, ‘as my brainpan kens to this blessed moment.’
noun — the part of the skull that encloses the brain
Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.
WiktionaryYet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte, / The tempred steele did not into his braynepan byte.
Wiktionary‘And a hard word it is,’ said Richie, ‘as my brainpan kens to this blessed moment.’
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In some senses, brainpan is marked as US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.