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Meaning of Panhandle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈpænˌhæn.dəl

Definitions

  1. A city, the county seat of Carson County, Texas, United States.
  2. The Alaskan Panhandle.
  3. The handle of a pan.
  4. An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
    US
  5. The handle that activates an ejector seat.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Captain Keith Handscomb was the occupant of that ejector seat and the only survivor; his narrow escape was by just being able to reach the seat panhandle with his third and fourth fingers of his left hand.”

CEFR level

C2
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