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Meaning
Noun
●
In Cookware and bakeware:
A
flat-bottomed
vessel
(usually
metal
) used for
cooking
food.
●
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
coffeepot
or teapot.
A
vessel
used for
urination
and
defecation
: a
chamber pot
; (figurative,
slang
) a
toilet
; the lavatory.
A
crucible
: a
melting
pot.
A pot-shaped
trap
used for
catching
lobsters
or other
seafood
: a
lobster
pot.
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.
An
earthen
or
pewter
cup
or
mug
used for
drinking
liquor.
●
In Containers:
Various
similar
open-topped
vessels
, particularly
A
vessel
used to
hold
soil
for
growing
plants
,
particularly
flowers
: a flowerpot.
●
In Australian English:
Various
similar
open-topped
vessels
, particularly
A
glass
of
beer
in Australia whose
size
varies
regionally
but is
typically
around 10
fl
oz
(285 mL).
●
Pothole,
sinkhole
,
vertical
cave.
●
A
shallow
hole
used in certain
games
played with
marbles
. The
marbles
placed
in it
are called potsies.
●
Ruin or deterioration.
●
Any of various
traditional
units
of
volume
notionally
based on the
capacity
of a pot.
●
An
iron
hat
with a
broad
brim
worn
as a helmet.
●
In Rail transportation:
A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually
ceramic
)
stand
that
supports
an
electrified
rail
while
insulating
it from the ground.
●
In Gambling & Poker:
The money available to be
won
in a
hand
of
poker
or a round of other
games of chance
; (figurative) any
sum
of money being used as an enticement.
●
In British English:
A
favorite
: a heavily-backed horse.
●
Clipping of
potbelly
: a pot-shaped
belly
, a paunch.
●
Clipping of
potshot
: a
haphazard
shot
; an
easy
or
cheap
shot
.
●
In East Midlands English, Yorkshire English, Containers & Cookware and bakeware:
A
plaster
cast.
●
Alternative
form
of
pott:
a
former
size
of
paper,
12.5
×
15
inches.
●
In Marijuana:
Marijuana.
●
In 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.
●
In Role-playing games & Video games:
Clipping of potion.
Verb
●
To
put
(something) into a pot.
●
To
preserve
by
bottling
or canning.
●
In Billiards & Snooker:
To cause a
ball
to
fall into
a pocket.
●
In Billiards & Snooker:
To be
capable
of being potted.
●
To
shoot
with a firearm.
●
To take a
pot shot
, or
haphazard
shot
, with a firearm.
●
To
secure
;
gain
;
win
; bag.
●
In British English:
To
send
someone to
gaol
, expeditiously.
●
In British English:
To
tipple
; to drink.
●
To
drain
(e.g.
sugar
of the
molasses
) in a
perforated
cask.
●
In British English:
To
seat
a person, usually a
young
child
, on a
potty
or
toilet
,
typically
during
toilet
teaching.
●
In East Midlands English:
To
apply
a
plaster cast
to a
broken
limb.
●
To
catch
(a
fish
,
eel
, etc) via a pot.
●
In Rugby:
To
score
(a
drop
goal).
●
In Broadcasting:
To
fade
volume
in or out
by means of
a potentiometer.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
pot
English
pot
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Cookpot
Can
Potty
Shitpot
Middy
Schooner
Kitty
Pool
Marijuana
Toilet
Saucepan
Pocket
Paunch
Cooking Pot
Chamber Pot
Lobster Pot
Lobster Trap
Plaster Cast
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