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Definition of 'pot'Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from late (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
A vessel used for cooking or storing food, or for growing plants in, especially flowers.
* |chapter=10
|title= The Mirror and the Lamp
|passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots , such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
(label) The money wagered in poker or similar games.
A trap for catching lobsters, crabs, eels, or fish.
(label) An iron hat with a broad brim.
* {{quote-book|year=1786|author=(Francis Grose)|title=A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons|page=12|
passage=The pot is an iron hat with broad brims: there are many under the denomination in the Tower, said to have been taken from the French; one of them is represented in plat 7, fig. 1 and 2.}}
A glass of beer, of a size that varies regionally but is normally 10 fl oz (285 ml).
* 2009 , Deborah Penrith, Jodie Seal, Live & Work in Australia , page 187 ,
- There are plenty of pubs and bars all over Australia (serving beer in schooners – 425ml or middies/pots ~285ml), and if you don?t fancy those you can drink in wine bars, pleasant beer gardens, or with friends at home.
A potshot.
* {{quote-news|year=2011|date=October 1|author=Tom Fordyce|work=BBC Sport
|title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
|passage=England were shipping penalties at an alarming rate - five in the first 15 minutes alone - and with Wilkinson missing three long-distance pots of his own in the first 20 minutes, the alarm bells began to ring for Martin Johnson's men.}}
(label) A protruding belly; a paunch.
(label) Ruin or deterioration.
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The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket.
(label) A potentiometer.
(label) A non-conducting, usually ceramic, stand that supports the third rail while keeping it electrically insulated from the ground.
(label) An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
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.
- (Knight)
A size of paper; pott.
(label) toilet
* 2011 , Ben Zeller, Secrets of Beaver Creek (page 204)
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Synonyms
* (cooking vessel)
* (money wagered in a card game)
* (trap for crustaceans or fish)
* middy (qualifier), schooner (South Australia)
* (potshot)
* (protruding belly) beer belly
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* (in English billiards) winning hazard
* (potentiometer)
* (non-conducting stand for a third rail)
Derived terms
* pot head
* chamberpot
* pisspot
* pot ale
* pot boiler
* pot life
* pot holder
* pot roast
* pot-au-feu
( rel-mid3)
* potbelly
* potboil
* potboiler
* pothole
* potpie
* potpourri
* potshot
* potsherd
* pot stirrer
* pottage
( rel-mid3)
* potter
* pottery
* potty
* hot pot
* potted plant
* stir the pot
* teapot
* two pot screamer
( rel-bottom)
See also
* cooker
* multicooker
Verb
To put (something) into a pot.
- to pot a plant
To preserve by bottling or canning.
- potted meat
(label) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
(label) To be capable of being potted.
- The black ball doesn't pot ; the red is in the way.
To shoot.
(label) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
To tipple; to drink.
* Feltham
- It is less labour to plough than to pot it.
(label) 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
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To seat a person, usually a young child, onto a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
- Could you please pot the children before sending them to bed?
Etymology 2
Possibly a shortened form of Mexican (etyl) , supposedly denoting a drink of wine or brandy in which marijuana buds were steeped.
Noun
(-)
The drug marijuana.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* pothead
Etymology 3
(potentiometer)
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Noun
( en-noun)
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.
Derived terms
slide pot, a sliding (linear) potentiometer typically designed to be manipulated by a thumb or finger
thumb pot, a rotating potentiometer designed to be turned by a thumb or finger
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