pot
has definitions from the fields of pharmacology,food,physics,electricity,botany,business
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[ noun ] (food) metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)A pot was boiling on the coals . Adam looked at the pot . He dumped the pan of crumbled hardtack into the boiling pot of lobscouse . `` Good_ole lob-scuse '' , he mumbled , and stirred the pot . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Argiento had been trained so rigorously by the Jesuits that Michelangelo was unable to change his habits : up before dawn to scrub the floors , whether they were dirty or not ; water boiling on the fire for washing laundry every_day , the pots scoured with river sand after each meal . |
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[ noun ] a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)You want me to drop my pot '' ? Once he went_after Hans and dumped his pot over the banister . Pa 'd been shit sick in that pot . That pot put Pa in an awful good_humor whenever he thought_of it . |
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[ noun ] the quantity contained in a pot
Synonyms Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The queen afterward keeps incubating and guarding her eggs like a mother hen , taking a sip from_time_to_time from the rather liquid honey in her honey pots . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a container in which plants are cultivated
Synonyms Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)My great_grandmother , I have been told , made her garden her great pride ; she cherished rare and delicate plants like oleanders in tubs and wall-flowers and lemon verbenas in pots that had to be wintered in the cellar ; she filled the waste spots of the yard with common things like the garden_heliotrope in a corner by the woodshed , and the plantain_lilies along the west_side of the house . |
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[ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Examples : "a batch of letters" "a deal of trouble" "a lot of money" "he made a mint on the stock market" "it must have cost plenty" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (physics,electricity) a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
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[ noun ] (informal) slang terms for a paunch
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[ noun ] (pharmacology) 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
Related terms soft_drug controlled_substance dope acapulco_gold hemp joint |
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