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— Look at the picture at waffle .

pan .da

/ ' prenda / noun [count]

a large black and white animal that lives in China

pane / pein / noun [ count ]

a piece of glass in a window a windowpane

pan • elaw щ / ' prenl / noun [ count ]

a group of people who give their opinions about something or discuss something

Do you have any questions for our panel? a panel of judges

a flat piece of wood, metal, or glass that is part of a door, wall, or ceiling

a flat part on a machine, where there are things to help you control it

the airplane's control panel

pang / preg / noun [ count ]

a sudden strong and painful feeling hunger pangs a pang of jealousy

pan • ic / ' prenik / noun [ count ]

a sudden feeling of fear that you cannot control and that makes you do things without thinking carefully There was panic in the store when the fire started. ► pan • ic verb ( pan • ics , pan ick • ing , pan • icked )

Don't panic!

pan • i • cky / ' preniki / adjective

( informal )

very worried about something; feeling or showing panic

pan • ic-strick • en / ' prenik |strikan /

adjective

very afraid, in a way that stops you from thinking clearly Panic-stricken shoppers fled from the scene.

pant / prent / verb ( pants , pant • ing , pant • ed )

to take in and let out air quickly through your mouth, for example after running or because you are very hot The dog was panting.

pan • ther / ' prenear /

noun [ count ]

a wild animal like a big cat with black fur

pant • ies / ' prentiz / noun [ plural ]

a piece of underwear for women that covers the lower part of the body but not the legs a pair of panties

pan • try / ' prentri / noun [ count ] ( plural pan • tries )

a small room where you can keep food

pants Ф / paents / noun [ plural ]

a piece of clothing for your legs and the lower part of your body

Your pants are on the chair. —Look at the picture at clothes . Grammar

Be careful! Pants is a plural noun so you cannot say "a pants."

You can say a pair of pants or some pants : I bought a new pair of pants. ♦ I bought some new pants .

pant • y • hose / prentihouz / ( also ny . lons / ' nailanz / ) noun [ plural ] a piece of very thin clothing that a woman wears over her feet and legs a pair of pantyhose

pa .per Ф / 'peipsr/ noun

[ noncount ] thin material for writing or drawing on, or for wrapping things in

a sheet of paper a paper bag

[ count ] a newspaper Have you seen today's paper?

papers [ plural ] important pieces of paper with writing on them

Her desk was piled high with papers.

[ count ] a piece of writing that you do for class on a particular subject

We have to write a ten-page history paper.

pa • per • back / ' peiparbrek /

[ count, noncount ]

a book with a paper cover

This novel is also available in paperback .

— Look at hardback .

pa • per clip / ' peipar klip / noun [ count ]

a small metal object that you use for holding pieces of paper together

—Look at the picture at stationery .

pa • per • Work / ' peiparwark / noun [noncount]

the written work that you have to do as part of your job or

to get something done

Teachers have far too much paperwork.

par•a •chute / ' prersjut / noun [ count ]

a thing that you have on your back when you jump out of an airplane and that opens, so that you fall to the ground slowly

pa • rade / ps ' reid / noun [ count ]

a line of people who are walking together for a special reason, while other people watch them our town's Fourth of July parade

par•a • dise / prersdais / noun

[ noncount ] ( RELIGION ) the place where some people think good people go after they die

—SYNONYM heaven

[ count ] a place that is very beautiful and seems perfect a tropical island paradise

par•a•dox / prersdaks / noun [ count ] ( plural par • a • dox • es )

something that has two or more parts that seem strange or

impossible together

"A deafening silence" is a paradox.