pot
/pɔt/
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Definition
Noun:
- A round container: A deep, usually round container used for cooking food or holding liquids or plants.
- The contents of such a container: The amount that a pot can hold.
- A large sum of money: A collective sum of money, especially in games like poker or as a prize.
- A large amount: A large quantity or number of something (often used with 'of').
- Slang for marijuana: An informal term for the drug cannabis.
- A paunch: Informal slang for a protruding belly.
- A resistor: In electronics, a type of variable resistor (short for 'potentiometer').
- A plumbing fixture: A toilet (short for 'chamber pot').
Verb:
- To plant in a container: To place a plant into a pot for growing.
- To shoot an animal: To shoot and kill an animal, typically at close range.
- In billiards/snooker: To hit a ball so it goes into a pocket.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- She boiled water in a large pot. (Container for cooking)
- He won the entire pot in the poker game. (Sum of money)
- They found a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. (Container and its contents)
- The police confiscated a small amount of pot. (Marijuana)
- He's been growing quite a pot lately. (Paunch)
Verb:
- I need to pot this new rose bush. (To plant)
- The hunter potted a rabbit. (To shoot)
- He potted the black ball to win the frame. (In billiards)
Advanced Usage
- "To go to pot": To deteriorate or become ruined.
- The old garden has really gone to pot since he moved away.
- "The pot calling the kettle black": A situation where someone criticizes another for a fault they themselves possess.
- He accused me of being lazy? That's the pot calling the kettle black!
- "To keep the pot boiling": To earn enough money to live on; to maintain activity or interest.
- She took on freelance work to keep the pot boiling.
Variants and Related Words
- Pottery (n): Objects made from baked clay, such as pots.
- Potted (adj): Grown in a pot; preserved in a pot (e.g., potted meat); presented in a shortened form (e.g., a potted history).
- Potbelly (n): A protruding belly; a type of stove.
- Potshot (n): A random or easy shot; a critical remark made without careful aim.
- Potluck (n): A meal where each guest brings a dish to share.
Synonyms
- Container: Vessel, jar, pan, cauldron.
- Sum of money: Jackpot, pool, kitty.
- Large amount: Lot, heap, pile, slew.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Pot up: To transfer a plant into a pot.
- These seedlings are ready to be potted up.
- Pot at (archaic/rare): To shoot at.
- He was potting at tin cans on the fence.
Related Idioms
- A watched pot never boils: Time seems to pass more slowly when you are anxiously waiting for something.
- Stop checking your email every minute. A watched pot never boils.
- To have a pot to piss in (vulgar slang): To have any money or possessions at all.
- After the bankruptcy, he didn't have a pot to piss in.
Noun
- street names for marijuana
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- slang for a paunch
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
- a container in which plants are cultivated
- the quantity contained in a pot
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
Verb
- plant in a pot
- He potted the palm