pantechnicon UK /pænˈtɛknɪkən/US /pænˈtɛknək(ə)n/ noun2 •(UK) Originally pantechnicon van: a van, especially a large moving or removal van.For we do not employ battleships as convoys, nor even as pantechnica conveying landing parties. — 1899 •(UK) A building or place housing shops or stalls where all sorts of (especially exotic) manufactured articles are collected for sale. formspantechnica · pantechnicons