pot
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Noun (9)pots
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lidType of cooking utensil, vesselKinds kettle, coffeepot, stockpot, marmite, saucepot, dixie, caldron, teapot, pottle, urn +1 more
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urinationSynonyms: toiletcancommodecrapperpottystoolthroneType of plumbing fixtureKinds flush toilet, flushless toilet, potty seatPart of bathroom, toiletParts toilet bowl, toilet seat
- the quantity contained in a potSynonyms: potfulType of containerful
- a container in which plants are cultivatedSynonyms: flowerpotType of containerKinds planter
- (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”Synonyms: batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentyquite a littleraftsightslewspatestacktidy sumwadType of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amountKinds flood, haymow
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)Synonyms: jackpotkittyType of stake, stakes
- slang for a paunchSynonyms: potbellybay windowcorporationtummy
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV setsSynonyms: potentiometer
- street names for marijuanaSynonyms: grassgreen goddessdopeweedgagesesssenssmokeskunklocoweedMary Jane
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Noun vessel for cooking or storing food etc
- Spanish
- olla
- French
- casserole
- German
- Topf
- Italian
- pentola
- Portuguese
- panela
- Turkish
- tencere
- Russian
- кастрю́ля kastrjúlja
- Arabic
- قِدْر qidr
- Chinese
- 锅 guō
- Japanese
- 鍋 nabe
36 more languages
- Dutch
- pan
- Polish
- garnek
- Swedish
- gryta
- Greek
- κατσαρόλα katsaróla
- Korean
- 냄비 naembi
- Indonesian
- panci
- Vietnamese
- nồi
- Hungarian
- fazék
- Portuguese (PT)
- panela
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 鍋 guō
- Albanian
- tenxhere
- Breton
- kaoter
- Catalan
- olla
- Corsican
- pignatta
- Czech
- hrnec
- Danish
- gryde
- Esperanto
- poto
- Estonian
- pott
- Finnish
- kattila
- Georgian
- ქვაბი kvabi
- Hebrew
- סִיר sir
- Icelandic
- pottur
- Kurdish
- beroş
- Latvian
- katls
- Lithuanian
- puodas
- Malagasy
- vilany
- Norwegian
- gryte
- Romanian
- oală
- Scottish Gaelic
- poit
- Serbo-Croatian
- lonac
- Slovak
- hrniec
- Slovenian
- lonec
- Swahili
- chungu
- Walloon
- tchôdron
- Welsh
- pot
- Yiddish
- טאָפּ top
Noun marijuana (slang)
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests.
Origin: 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.” Daniel 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, Edward Henry
8. A size of paper. See Pott.
9. marijuana. slang
10. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool; also Racing, Eng. a horse heavily backed; a favorite. slang
11. Armor A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; — called also pot helmet.
12. Card games The total of the bets at one time; the pool.
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. Andrew Ure (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot. Knight, Edward Henry — Pot plant Botany, either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot. — Pot wheel Hydraulics, a noria. — To go to pot, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. colloquial John Dryden John Godfrey Saxe
1. To place or inclose in pots; as: (a) To preserve seasoned in pots. “Potted fowl and fish.” John 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. Bryan Edwards (d) Billiards To pocket.
2. To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.
When hunted, it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees, and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue it with dogs and pot it when treed.— Encyc. of Sport.
3. To secure; gain; win; bag. colloquial
1. To tipple; to drink. Obs. or Prov. Eng.
It is less labor to plow than to pot it.— Owen Feltham
2. To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement, GCIDE editors