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POT

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Irregular inflected forms: potted    , potting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pot" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

cooking utensil; cookware (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pot"):

urn (a large pot for making coffee or tea)

teapot (pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle)

stockpot (a pot used for preparing soup stock)

saucepot (a cooking pot that has handles on either side and tight fitting lid; used for stewing or boiling)

pottle (a pot that holds 2 quarts)

marmite (a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup)

boiler; kettle (a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid)

Dutch oven (iron or earthenware cooking pot; used for stews)

dixie (a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps)

coffeepot (tall pot in which coffee is brewed)

caldron; cauldron (a very large pot that is used for boiling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Street names for marijuana

Synonyms:

dope; gage; grass; green goddess; locoweed; Mary Jane; pot; sens; sess; skunk; smoke; weed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pot" is a kind of...):

cannabis; ganja; marihuana; marijuana (the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A container in which plants are cultivated

Synonyms:

flowerpot; pot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pot" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pot"):

planter (a decorative pot for house plants)

Derivation:

pot (plant in a pot)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

Synonyms:

pot; potentiometer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pot" is a kind of...):

potential divider; voltage divider (resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Synonyms:

can; commode; crapper; pot; potty; stool; throne; toilet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pot" is a kind of...):

plumbing fixture (a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building)

Meronyms (parts of "pot"):

toilet seat (the hinged seat on a toilet)

toilet bowl (the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pot"):

flushless toilet (a toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water))

flush toilet; lavatory (a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it)

potty chair; potty seat (toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children)

Holonyms ("pot" is a part of...):

bathroom (a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet)

bathroom; can; john; lav; lavatory; privy; toilet (a room or building equipped with one or more toilets)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Slang for a paunch

Synonyms:

bay window; corporation; pot; potbelly; tummy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pot" is a kind of...):

belly; paunch (a protruding abdomen)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Sense 7

Meaning:

The cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

Synonyms:

jackpot; kitty; pot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("pot" is a kind of...):

bet; stake; stakes; wager (the money risked on a gamble)

Domain category:

poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)

Sense 8

Meaning:

The quantity contained in a pot

Synonyms:

pot; potful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pot" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

Sense 9

Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Example:

a wad of money

Synonyms:

batch; deal; flock; good deal; great deal; hatful; heap; lot; mass; mess; mickle; mint; mountain; muckle; passel; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quite a little; raft; sight; slew; spate; stack; tidy sum; wad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pot" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pot"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant in a pot

Example:

He potted the palm

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pot" is one way to...):

embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant (fix or set securely or deeply)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pot"):

repot (put in a new, usually larger, pot)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pot (a container in which plants are cultivated)

Credits

 Context examples: 

He's made a pot of money, and he's going back to France.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It is used in medicine and dentistry and in many products such as foil, cans, pots and pans, airplanes, siding, and roofs.

(Aluminum, NCI Dictionary)

L. longbeachae is normally found in soil and potting compost and is pathogenic when inhaled, being the causative agent of Pontiac fever.

(Legionella longbeachae, NCI Thesaurus)

Mars will sometimes stir the pot in an effort to clear the air of any submerged feelings of frustration that may have festered.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

She would thus descend to the kitchen once a day, eat her dinner, smoke a moderate pipe on the hearth, and go back, carrying her pot of porter with her, for her private solace, in her own gloomy, upper haunt.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

His face was burned of a reddish colour, as bright as a flower-pot, and in spite of his age (for he was only forty at the time of which I speak) it was shot with lines, which deepened if he were in any way perturbed, so that I have seen him turn on the instant from a youngish man to an elderly.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle until they came to the kitchen, where the Witch bade her clean the pots and kettles and sweep the floor and keep the fire fed with wood.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Then I gathered up a few plates and pots of silver, to carry out the idea of the robbery, and there I left them, with orders to give the alarm when I had a quarter of an hour’s start.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But if I should describe the kitchen grate, the prodigious pots and kettles, the joints of meat turning on the spits, with many other particulars, perhaps I should be hardly believed; at least a severe critic would be apt to think I enlarged a little, as travellers are often suspected to do.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The woman came up the three steps to the tailor with her heavy basket, and he made her unpack all the pots for him.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)