pandora

¹ American  

[pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] / pænˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə /

Also pandore

noun

1. bandore.

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Pandora ² American  

[pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] / pænˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. the first woman, created by Hephaestus, endowed by the gods with all the graces and treacherously presented to Epimetheus along with a box (originally a jar) in which Prometheus had confined all the evils that could trouble humanity. As the gods had anticipated, Pandora gave in to her curiosity and opened the box, allowing the evils to escape, thereby frustrating the efforts of Prometheus. In some versions, the box contained blessings, all of which escaped but hope.

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pandora ¹ British  

/ pænˈdɔːrə /

noun

1. a handsome red sea bream, Pagellus erythrinus, of European coastal waters, caught for food in the Mediterranean

2. a marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Pandora that lives on the surface of sandy shores and has thin equal valves

3. music another word for bandore

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Pandora ² British  

/ pænˈdɔː, ˈpændɔː, pænˈdɔːrə /

noun

1. Greek myth the first woman, made out of earth as the gods' revenge on man for obtaining fire from Prometheus. Given a box ( Pandora's box ) that she was forbidden to open, she disobeyed out of curiosity and released from it all the ills that beset man, leaving only hope within

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Etymology

Origin of Pandora

< Latin < Greek Pandṓra, equivalent to pan- pan- + dôr ( on ) gift + -a feminine noun ending

Example Sentences

He warned the bill would open "a pandora's box" and said there could be "no meaningful protection" against coercion.

From BBC

Dr Pandora Frost, who works from a practice in north Kent, says she is dealing with a family of a close contact of one of the young people diagnosed with meningitis and describes it as a "shambles".

From BBC

Hutchcroft runs a second-hand designer clothes shop in Knightsbridge, London, called Pandora Dress Agency.

From BBC

"We knew that this will open up a Pandora's box of chaos," said the Gulf International Forum's Aziz Alghashian, a Saudi analyst.

From Barron's

But its long tail also shows that once the Pandora’s box of conspiracy has been opened, it has the power to destroy lives.

From The Wall Street Journal