pot
IPA: pˈɑt
noun
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
- Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
- A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
- A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
- A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
- (archaic except in fixed expressions) A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory.
- A crucible: a melting pot.
- A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
- A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
- A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- (obsolete) An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.
- (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
- (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
- A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
- (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
- (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
- (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
- An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
- (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (slang, electronics) 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.
- (slang) Clipping of potbelly: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch. [A large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]]
- (slang) Clipping of potshot: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot. [A shot taken at an easy or random target.]
- (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches. [An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.]
- (roleplaying games, video games) Clipping of potion. [A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.]
verb
- To put (something) into a pot.
- To preserve by bottling or canning.
- (snooker, pool, billiards) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- (snooker, pool, billiards) To be capable of being potted.
- (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- (intransitive, dated) To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
- (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- (Britain) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
- (obsolete, dialect, UK) To tipple; to drink.
- (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
- (transitive, Britain) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
- (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
- To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
- (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
- (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
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