pot

Definition of Pot in English :

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Noun

1. pot

metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

2. can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

3. pot, potful

the quantity contained in a pot

potful

4. flowerpot, pot

a container in which plants are cultivated

flowerpot

5. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

(often followed by of') a large number or amount or extent

Example Sentences:
'a batch of letters'
'a deal of trouble'
'a lot of money'
'he made a mint on the stock market'
'see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos'
'it must have cost plenty'
'a slew of journalists'
'a wad of money'

6. jackpot, kitty, pot

the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

7. bay window, corporation, pot, potbelly, tummy

slang for a paunch

8. pot, potentiometer

a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

potentiometer

9. dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed

street names for marijuana

Verb

10. pot

plant in a pot

Example Sentences:
'He potted the palm'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pot

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noun

a container made of earthenware, glass, or similar material; usually round and deep, often having a handle and lid, used for cooking and other domestic purposes

2. short for flowerpot, teapot

the amount that a pot will hold; potful

a chamber pot, esp a small one designed for a baby or toddler

a handmade piece of pottery

a large mug or tankard, as for beer

7. Australian

any of various measures used for serving beer

8. informal

a cup or trophy, esp of silver, awarded as a prize in a competition

the money or stakes in the pool in gambling games, esp poker

10. (often plural) informal

a large amount, esp of money

11.

a wicker trap for catching fish, esp crustaceans

a lobster pot

12. billiards, snooker

a shot by which a ball is pocketed

13. mainly British short for chimneypot

14. US informal

a joint fund created by a group of individuals or enterprises and drawn upon by them for specified purposes

15. hunting pot shot

16. potbelly

17. go to pot

verbWord forms: pots, potting or potted (mainly tr)

18.

to set (a plant) in a flowerpot to grow

19.

to put or preserve (goods, meat, etc) in a pot

20.

to cook (food) in a pot

21.

to shoot (game) for food rather than for sport

22.

to shoot (game birds or animals) while they are on the ground or immobile rather than flying or running

23. (also intr)

to shoot casually or without careful aim at (an animal, etc)

24.

to sit (a baby or toddler) on a chamber pot

25. (also intr)

to shape clay as a potter

26. billiards, snooker

to pocket (a ball)

27. informal

to capture or win; secure

noun

a. Scottish and Northern England dialect

a deep hole or pothole

(capital when part of a name)

Pen-y-Ghent Pot

noun

slang

cannabis used as a drug in any form, such as leaves (marijuana or hemp) or resin (hashish)

noun

informal short for potentiometer

Pot

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noun

a round vessel of any size, made of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, cooking or preserving food, etc.

a pot with its contents

potful

a pot of liquor; drink; potation

flowerpot, lobster pot, chimney pot, etc.

chamber pot

b. Slang

a toilet

with the

7. Informal

all the money bet at a single time; pool; kitty

a large amount, as of money

8. Informal

a potshot

9. Slang

potbelly

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈpotted or ˈpotting

10.

to put into a pot

11.

to preserve in a pot or jar

12.

to cook in a pot

13.

to shoot (game) for food instead of for sport

14.

to hit or secure by or as by a potshot

15. Informal

to secure, win, or capture; bag

verb intransitive

16. Informal

to take a potshot; shoot

noun

Slang

marijuana

potential

Pot

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1. Any of various usually domestic containers made of pottery, metal, or glass, as:

a. A round, fairly deep cooking vessel with a handle and often a lid.

b. A short round container for storing or serving food: a jam pot; a mustard pot.

c. A coffeepot.

d. A teapot.

a. Such a container and its contents: a pot of stew; brewed a pot of coffee.

b. A potful.

a. A large drinking cup; a tankard.

b. A drink of liquor contained in such a cup.

4. An artistic or decorative ceramic vessel of any shape.

5. A flowerpot.

6. Something, such as a chimney pot or chamber pot, that resembles a round cooking vessel in appearance or function.

7. A trap for eels, other fish, or crustaceans, typically consisting of a wicker or wire basket or cage.

8. Games

a. The total amount staked by all the players in one hand in cards.

b. The area on a card table where stakes are placed.

c. A shot in billiards or related games intended to send a ball into a pocket.

9. Informal A common fund to which members of a group contribute.

10. often pots Informal A large amount: lost a pot of cash in the stock market crash; made pots of money on their investment.

11. Informal A potshot.

12. Informal A potbelly.

13. Informal A potty or toilet.

v. pot·ted, pot·ting, pots

v. tr.

1. To place or plant in a pot: pot a geranium.

2. To preserve (food) in a pot.

3. To cook in a pot.

4. To shoot (game) for food rather than for sport.

5. Informal To shoot with a potshot.

6. Informal To win or capture; bag.

7. Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket.

v. intr.

1. Informal To take a potshot.

2. To make or shape objects from clay, as on a potter's wheel.

n.
Slang

Marijuana.

See potentiometer.

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