Pot

Quick meaning: Pot is a noun meaning A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).

Meaning

A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).

More Meanings

1. Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
2. A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
3. (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
4. (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
5. (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
6. (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
7. (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.

Example Sentences

a pension pot

a savings pot

After his arrest, his prospects went to pot.

No one's interested. You need to sweeten the pot.

Word Forms

• pots
• potting
• potted

Synonyms for pot

Depending on context, synonyms include kitty, pool, bhang, benj, boo, broccoli.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include batch, stack, marihuana, ganja, marijuana, smoke.

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