POT

pot

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

pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane

(noun) street names for marijuana

pot, flowerpot

(noun) a container in which plants are cultivated

potentiometer, pot

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

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

(noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy

(noun) slang for a paunch

pot, jackpot, kitty

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

pot, potful

(noun) the quantity contained in a pot

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

(noun) (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent; “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”

pot

(verb) plant in a pot; “He potted the palm”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

pot (plural pots)

A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.

Synonyms: cookpot, cooking pot

Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly

A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.

A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee or teapot.

A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.

(archaic except in fixed expressions) A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory.

Synonyms: can, chamber pot, potty, shitpot, Thesaurus:chamber pot

A crucible: a melting pot.

A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.

Synonyms: lobster pot, lobster trap

A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.

A perforated cask for draining sugar.

(obsolete) An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.

(Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).

Synonyms: middy (New South Wales, Western Australia), schooner (South Australia)

(archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot

(slang) Ruin or deterioration.

(historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.

(rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.

(gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.

Synonyms: kitty, pool

(UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.

(slang) Clipping of potbelly: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.

(slang) Clipping of potshot: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.

(chiefly, East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.

(historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

Verb

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

To put (something) into a pot.

To preserve by bottling or canning.

(snooker, pool, billiards) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.

(snooker, pool, billiards) To be capable of being potted.

(transitive) To shoot with a firearm.

(intransitive, dated) To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.

(transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.

(British) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.

(obsolete, dialect, UK) To tipple; to drink.

(transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.

(transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.

(chiefly, East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.

Etymology 2

Noun

pot (uncountable)

(slang, uncountable) Marijuana

Synonyms

• See marijuana.

Etymology 3

Noun

pot (plural pots)

(slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.

Etymology 4

Noun

pot (plural pots)

(RPG) Clipping of potion.

Anagrams

• OPT, OPt, OTP, PTO, TPO, oPt, opt, opt., top

Source: Wiktionary

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Pot, n. Etym: [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]

1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.

2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. "Give her a pot and a cake." De Foe.

4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.

5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.

6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.

7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. Knight.

8. A size of paper. See Pott. Jack pot. See under 2d Jack.

– Pot cheese, cottage cheese. See under Cottage.

– Pot companion, a companion in drinking.

– Pot hanger, a pothook.

– Pot herb, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others.

– Pot hunter, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market.

– Pot metal. (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts. Ure. (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot. Knight.

– Pot plant (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot.

– Pot wheel (Hydraul.), a noria.

– To go to pot, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] Dryden. J. G. Saxe.

Pot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Potted; p. pr. & vb. n. Potting.]

Definition: To place or inclose in pots; as: (a) To preserve seasoned in pots. "Potted fowl and fish." Dryden. (b) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs. (c) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off. B. Edwards. (d) (Billiards) To pocket.

Pot, v. i.

Definition: To tipple; to drink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] It is less labor to plow than to pot it. Feltham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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