Definition of Pot

Noun: pot  pót

1. Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
    
2. A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
   - toilet, can [N. Amer, informal], commode, potty, stool, throne
    
3. The quantity contained in a pot
   - potful
    
4. A container in which plants are cultivated
   - flowerpot
    
5. (often followed by 'of') a large number, amount or extent
   "a pot of letters";
   - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile, plenty, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, bunch
    
6. (poker) the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
   - jackpot, kitty
    
7. Slang for a paunch
   - potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy
    
8. A resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable centre terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
   - potentiometer
    
9. A street name for marijuana
   - grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed [N. Amer], Mary Jane
    
10. Criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration
    - potshot
     
11. Trap for catching lobsters
    - lobster pot
     
12. A shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)
    - potshot
     
13. An amount of money contributed by a group of people for communal use or shared expenses
    - kitty

1. Plant in a pot
   "He potted the palm"

See also:
posy
potabilities

Anagrams containing the word pot

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