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pot¹ Definition

pot (pät)

noun

  1. a round vessel of any size, made of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, cooking or preserving food, etc.
  2. a pot with its contents
  3. potful
  4. a pot of liquor; drink; potation
  5. flowerpot, lobster pot, chimney pot, etc.
    1. chamber pot
    2. Slang a toilet: with the
  6. Informal
    1. all the money bet at a single time; pool; kitty
    2. a large amount, as of money
  7. Informal a potshot
  8. Slang
  9. potbelly

Etymology: ME < OE pott, akin to Du & Fr pot < ML pottus < VL potus, drinking cup < L, a drink < potare: see potable

transitive verb pot·ted, pot·ting

  1. to put into a pot
  2. to preserve in a pot or jar
  3. to cook in a pot
  4. to shoot (game) for food instead of for sport
  5. to hit or secure by or as by a potshot
  6. Informal to secure, win, or capture; bag

intransitive verb

Informal to take a potshot; shoot

pot¹ Idioms

go to pot

to go to ruin; deteriorate

pot² Definition

pot (pät)

noun

Slang marijuana

Etymology: contr. < AmSp potiguaya

pot³ Definition

pot

potential

pot Synonyms

pot

n.

  1. Container

    vessel, kettle, pan, jug, jar, mug, tankard, cup, can, crock, canister, receptacle, bucket, urn, pitcher, bowl, cauldron, mortar, melting pot, crucible; see also container.

  2. *Marijuana

    cannabis sativa (Latin), cannabis, reefer, dope, joint*, grass*, weed*, maryjane*, boo*; see also drug 2, marijuana.

go to pot

deteriorate, go to ruin, fall apart; see decay.

pot Law Definition

n

Slang

Marijuana. See also controlled substance.
POT (Point Of Termination) Telecom Definition
Synonymous with POP (Point Of Presence). The point at which an interexchange carrier (IXC) establishes a physical presence in a geographic area, and at which the local exchange carriers (LECs) terminate access services. See also LEC, IXC, and POP.
pot Usage Examples

Object

  • compost: Fill your pots to the top with potting compost leaving a 25mm rim.

Converse of object

  • melt: Circle III is a melting pot of acoustic music.
  • upturn: The blanched leaves are produced when an upturned pot, for example, is placed over the plant to block out the light.

Adjective modifier

  • earthenware: In the 20s, plans were afoot to switch from an earthenware pot to a glass version with a metal lid.
  • whopping: Players who call guaranteed link to whopping pounds pot.
  • ceramic: The ceramic pots by Grayson Perry are usually considered shocking, both for the way they are made and for what they portray.

Preposition: on

  • windowsill: Small pieces are great to put underneath plant pots on windowsills or shelves, so they don't damage the surface.

Modifies a noun

  • pourri: Red satin heart bearing bride and groom's initials and filled with pot pourri.
  • sherd: Should it, say, exclude objects that are obviously less than 100 years old, or pot sherds etc?
  • belly: Sheep, goats, ducks, chickens, pot belly pig, rabbit, guinea pig.
  • marigold: The familiar Calendula officinalis, or pot marigold, is well known for its glorious orange flowers.
  • isdn: Possibly Insurance Center self-serving sterling lead you into course not all in pots isdn.
  • luck: Dr. Rose Hawkins says: " It's pot luck.

Preposition: of

  • yogurt: Or a large pot of yogurt instead of several small ones?

Noun used with modifier

  • melting: America, long called " the melting pot " , finds its best blend of cultures in its music.
  • terracotta: Warm terracotta pots, either plain or with a simple pattern, are ideal.
  • yogurt: It's amazing what someone can do with an empty yogurt pot!
  • lobster: This means they are easily damaged or destroyed by objects hitting them; such as lobster pots or diver's fins.
  • chimney: He said all he could see was the chimney pot with the smoke coming out.
  • cooking: Food aromas, particularly when trapped in steam beneath cooking pots and chafing dishes, can be particularly troublesome.
pot Quotes

When I makes tea I makes tea, as old mother Grogan said. And when I makes water I makes water†Begob, ma'am, says Mrs.Cahill, God send you don't make them in the one pot.

—Joyce,James Augustine Aloysius

Why stir the wasps that rim Fame's luscious pot? Love costs us nothing, satire costs a lot!

—Rickword, Edgell

America is God's Crucible, the great Melting Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming† God is making the American.

—Zangwill, Israel

   We have to acknowledge that the thing we call 'literature' ismorepluralisticnow, just associetyoughtto be. The melting pot never worked.

—Morrison,Toni Chloe Anthony ne¤  e Wofford

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

—Carter,Jimmy (James Earl)

Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.

—Elizabeth I