pot

pot

pot¹ [pät]

n.

[ME < OE pott, akin to Du & Fr pot < ML pottus < VL potus, drinking cup < L, a drink < potare: see POTABLE]

1. a round vessel of any size, made of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, cooking or preserving food, etc.

2. a pot with its contents

3. POTFUL

4. a pot of liquor; drink; potation

5. short for FLOWERPOT, LOBSTER POT, CHIMNEY POT, etc.

6.

a) CHAMBER POT

b) Slang a toilet: with the

7. Informal

a) all the money bet at a single time; pool; kitty

b) a large amount, as of money

8. Informal a potshot

9. Slang

a) POTBELLY

vt.

potted, potting

1. to put into a pot

2. to preserve in a pot or jar

3. to cook in a pot

4. to shoot (game) for food instead of for sport

5. to hit or secure by or as by a potshot

6. Informal to secure, win, or capture; bag

vi.

Informal to take a potshot; shoot

to take a potshot; shoot

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go to pot

to go to ruin; deteriorate

☆ pot² [pät ]

n.

[contr. < AmSp potiguaya]

Slang MARIJUANA

pot³

abbrev.

potential