26984 words

pot

22 definitions • 32 examples
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Examples:

Fill a large pot with salted water and bring it to the boil.
pots and pans There's plenty of cupboard space in the kitchen for all your pots and pans.
2
any of different types of containers, with or without a lid, especially for storing liquids:

Examples:

pot of The shelf was full of pots of paint.
Each desk had a small pot of ink on it.
3
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Examples:

plant pot There was a large plant in a terracotta plant pot outside the door.
Most lilies grow well in pots.
4
the amount that is contained inside a pot:

Examples:

I've just drunk a whole pot of tea!
She'd made a large pot of chicken soup.
5
used in combination to refer to a container of a stated type:

Examples:

a coffee pot
a flowerpot
a teapot
a cooking pot
6
a dish, bowl, etc. made by hand out of clay
7
a large amount of something:

Examples:

pots of money She's got pots of money (= she's very rich) and can easily afford it.
8
an amount of money of a particular type, or used for a particular purpose :

Examples:

Her money comes from several different pots.
You will still be fully insured even if the sum of all the different pots of money exceeds £100,000.
9
a bowl used as a toilet, especially by young children:

Examples:

on the pot He likes to read when he's on the pot.
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Examples:

a pot smoker
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12
to be damaged or spoiled because people are not working hard on it or caring for it:

Examples:

I'm afraid I've let the garden go to pot this summer.
13
an act of hitting a ball into a hole, especially in games such as snooker:

Examples:

Dawson made a difficult pot look very easy.
14
to shoot birds or small animals for food, or to shoot (at) them without taking careful aim:

Examples:

pot (at) He strolled through the fields, potting (at) the occasional rabbit.
15
in games such as snooker, to hit a ball so that it falls into one of the holes at the edge of the table
16
to put a plant into a container to grow:

Examples:

pot (up) I'm just going to pot (up) these seedlings.
17
a round container used for cooking, serving, storing, and other purposes:

Examples:

a clay/brass pot
a flower pot
We need space for our pots and pans.
18
A pot is also the substance contained in a pot:

Examples:

The pot was simmering.
He made a new pot of coffee.
19
a large amount, esp. of money:

Examples:

There are pots of money involved in this deal.
20
A pot is also all the money being risked at a single time in a card game.
21
to put a plant into a pot:

Examples:

We should be potting the roses.
22
an amount of money available for something:

Examples:

in the pot This could mean an extra £10,000 in the pot compared to a traditional pension.
a pot of sth The new cash will be added to a pot of $200 million in federal grants.
He cautioned that the center only has a small pot of money allocated to it.

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