See also: milk pan English Etymology From milk + pan. Noun milkpan (plural milkpans) A pan in which milk is stored. 1957, House and Garden, volume 111:Everywhere in the colonies potbakers' workshops supplied local people with plain red-clay mugs and beanpots, jugs and milkpans for kitchen and dairy. Anagrams LampkinWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.