pot

pot

a round vessel of any size, made as 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.
1. chamber pot
2. Slang a toilet: with the
1. all the money bet at a single time; pool; kitty
2. Informal a large amount, as of money
Informal a potshot
Slang

Origin of pot

Middle English from Old English pott, akin to Dutch and French pot from Medieval Latin pottus from Vulgar Latin potus, drinking cup from L, a drink from potare: see potable

transitive verb

pot′ted, pot′ting

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

Informal to take a potshot; shoot

pot Idioms

go to pot

Informal to go to ruin; deteriorate

Origin of pot

from the idea of being chopped into pieces, as meat and vegetables for the stew pot

Informal marijuana

Origin of pot

contr. from American Spanish potiguaya

short for potentiometer

potential

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pot

noun

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.
An artistic or decorative ceramic vessel of any shape.
A flowerpot.
Something, such as a chimney pot or chamber pot, that resembles a round cooking vessel in appearance or function.
A trap for eels, other fish, or crustaceans, typically consisting of a wicker or wire basket or cage.
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.
Informal A common fund to which members of a group contribute.
often pots Informal A large amount: lost a pot of cash in the stock market crash; made pots of money on their investment.
Informal A potshot.
Informal A potbelly.
Informal A potty or toilet.

verb

pot·ted, pot·ting, pots

verb

transitive

To place or plant in a pot: pot a geranium.
To preserve (food) in a pot.
To cook in a pot.
To shoot (game) for food rather than for sport.
Informal To shoot with a potshot.
Informal To win or capture; bag.
Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket.

verb

intransitive

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

Origin of pot

Middle English from Old English pott from Vulgar Latin pottus

noun

Slang

Marijuana.

Origin of pot

Origin unknown

noun

See potentiometer.

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Noun

(plural pots)

A vessel used for cooking or storing food, or for growing plants in, especially flowers.
(poker) The money wagered in poker or similar games.
A trap for catching lobsters, crabs, eels, or fish.
(archaic) An iron hat with a broad brim.
(Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer, of a size that varies regionally but is normally 10 fl oz (285 ml).
A potshot.
(slang) A protruding belly; a paunch.
(slang) Ruin or deterioration.
His prospects went to pot.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket.
(slang) A potentiometer.
(rail transport) A non-conducting, usually ceramic, stand that supports the third rail while keeping it electrically insulated from the ground.
A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
A crucible.
a graphite pot; a melting pot
A perforated cask for draining sugar.
A size of paper; pott.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present pots, present participle potting, simple past and past participle potted)

To put (something) into a pot.
to pot a plant
To preserve by bottling or canning.
potted meat
(cue sports) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
(cue sports) To be capable of being potted.
The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.
To shoot.
(UK) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
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

Origin

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").

Noun

(uncountable)

(slang, uncountable) The drug marijuana.

Origin

Possibly a shortened form of Mexican Spanish potiguaya (“marijuana leaves") or potaguaya (“cannabis leaves") or potaciÃ³n de guaya literally "˜drink of grief', supposedly denoting a drink of wine or brandy in which marijuana buds were steeped.

See also: pÅt

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pot - Computer 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.

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(POTentiometer) See variable resistor.

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