Pot meaning
Any of various usually domestic containers made of pottery, metal, or glass, as:
- A round, fairly deep cooking vessel with a handle and often a lid.
- A short round container for storing or serving food.A jam pot; a mustard pot.
- A coffeepot.
- A teapot.
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Potential.
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An artistic or decorative ceramic vessel of any shape.
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A flowerpot.
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A potshot.
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A potshot.
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(Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer, of a size that varies regionally but is normally 10 fl oz (285 ml).
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(rail transport) A non-conducting, usually ceramic, stand that supports the third rail while keeping it electrically insulated from the ground.
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A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
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To put (something) into a pot.
To pot a plant.
verb
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(cue sports) To be capable of being potted.
The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.
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To drain.
To pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc. with perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off.
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Something, such as a chimney pot or chamber pot, that resembles a round cooking vessel in appearance or function.
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A trap for eels, other fish, or crustaceans, typically consisting of a wicker or wire basket or cage.
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A common fund to which members of a group contribute.
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A large amount.
Lost a pot of cash in the stock market crash; made pots of money on their investment.
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A potbelly.
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A potty or toilet.
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To place or plant in a pot.
Pot a geranium.
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To preserve (food) in a pot.
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To cook in a pot.
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To shoot (game) for food rather than for sport.
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To shoot with a potshot.
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To win or capture; bag.
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To hit (a ball) into a pocket.
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To take a potshot.
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To make or shape objects from clay, as on a potter's wheel.
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Marijuana.
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A round vessel of any size, made as of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, cooking or preserving food, etc.
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A pot with its contents.
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A pot of liquor; drink; potation.
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To put into a pot.
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To preserve in a pot or jar.
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To cook in a pot.
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To shoot (game) for food instead of for sport.
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To hit or secure by or as by a potshot.
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To secure, win, or capture; bag.
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To take a potshot; shoot.
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go to pot
- To go to ruin; deteriorate.
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of pot
- Middle English from Old English pott from Vulgar Latin pottus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“a pot"), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot"), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel"). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pot (“pot"), Dutch pot (“pot"), Low German Pott (“pot"), German Pott (“pot"), Swedish pott (“pot"), Icelandic pottur (“tub, pot").
From Wiktionary
- Possibly a shortened form of Mexican Spanish potiguaya (“marijuana leaves") or potaguaya (“cannabis leaves") or potación de guaya literally "˜drink of grief', supposedly denoting a drink of wine or brandy in which marijuana buds were steeped.
From Wiktionary