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Definitions for Pots

[1] a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
[2] such a container with its contents: a pot of stew.
[3] the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful.
[4] a flowerpot.
[5] a container of liquor or other drink: a pot of ale.
[6] liquor or other drink.
[7] a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire. Compare lobster pot.
[8] a chamber pot.
[9] Metallurgy . a vessel for melting metal; melting pot. an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
[10] British . chimney pot. Dialect . a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier.
[11] Slang . a large sum of money.
[12] all the money bet at a single time; pool.
[13] British Slang . (in horse racing) the favorite.
[14] potshot.
[15] a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart.
[16] Armor . an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century. any open helmet.
[17] Slang . a potbelly.
[18] to put into a pot.
[19] to preserve (food) in a pot.
[20] to cook in a pot.
[21] to transplant into a pot: We must pot the petunias.
[22] Hunting . to shoot (game birds) on the ground or water, or (game animals) at rest, instead of in flight or running: He can't even pot a sitting duck. to shoot for food, not for sport.
[23] Informal . to capture, secure, or win.
[24] Informal . to take a potshot; shoot.
[25] go to pot , to become ruined; deteriorate: With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot.
[26] sweeten the pot . sweeten(def 8) .
[27] marijuana.
[28] a deep hole; pit.
[29] potential.
[30] potentiometer.
[31] a container made of earthenware, glass, or similar material; usually round and deep, often having a handle and lid, used for cooking and other domestic purposes
[32] short for flowerpot, teapot
[33] the amount that a pot will hold; potful
[34] a chamber pot, esp a small one designed for a baby or toddler
[35] a handmade piece of pottery
[36] a large mug or tankard, as for beer
[37] Australian any of various measures used for serving beer
[38] informal a cup or trophy, esp of silver, awarded as a prize in a competition
[39] the money or stakes in the pool in gambling games, esp poker
[40] (often plural) informal a large amount, esp of money
[41] a wicker trap for catching fish, esp crustaceans a lobster pot
[42] billiards snooker a shot by which a ball is pocketed
[43] mainly British short for chimneypot
[44] US informal a joint fund created by a group of individuals or enterprises and drawn upon by them for specified purposes
[45] hunting See pot shot
[46] See potbelly
[47] go to pot to go to ruin; deteriorate
[48] to set (a plant) in a flowerpot to grow
[49] to put or preserve (goods, meat, etc) in a pot
[50] to cook (food) in a pot
[51] to shoot (game) for food rather than for sport
[52] to shoot (game birds or animals) while they are on the ground or immobile rather than flying or running
[53] (also intr) to shoot casually or without careful aim at (an animal, etc)
[54] to sit (a baby or toddler) on a chamber pot
[55] (also intr) to shape clay as a potter
[56] billiards snooker to pocket (a ball)
[57] informal to capture or win; secure
[58] Scot and Northern English dialect a deep hole or pothole (capital when part of a name ) Pen-y-Ghent Pot
[59] slang cannabis used as a drug in any form, such as leaves (marijuana or hemp) or resin (hashish)
[60] informal short for potentiometer

Words related to Pots

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Origin of Pots

31325–75; Middle English; perhaps identical with pot1

Other words from Pots

pot·like , adjective

Word origin for Pots

C20: perhaps shortened from Mexican Indian potiguaya

Synonyms for Pots

basin, bowl, bucket, can, cup, jar, jug, kettle, mug, pan, saucepan, urn, vessel, canister, crock, crucible, pitcher, receptacle, tankard