pot
/pɒt/
noun
Meaning
A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot
Ruin or deterioration.
"After his arrest, his prospects went to pot."
An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; any sum of money being used as an enticement.
A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
A plaster cast.
Synonyms
verb
Meaning
To put (something) into a pot.
"to pot a plant"
To preserve by bottling or canning.
"potted meat"
To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
To be capable of being potted.
"The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way."
To shoot with a firearm.
To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
To secure; gain; win; bag.
To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
To tipple; to drink.
To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
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Marijuana
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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.
noun
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A large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch.
A potbelly stove.
A Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig.
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A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
"He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink."
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A shot taken at an easy or random target.
Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
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An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
"pott paper"