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

potful

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

containerful

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[ noun ] a container in which plants are cultivated

Synonyms

flowerpot

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 .

Related terms

container planter

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[ verb ] plant in a pot

Examples

"He potted the palm"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

He does n't think that potting them from a deck_chair on the south_side of the house with a quart glass of beer for sustenance is entirely sporting .

Related terms

implant repot

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[ noun ] (business) the cumulative stake in a game (such as poker)

Synonyms

kitty jackpot

Related terms

stake poker

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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"

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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

Synonyms

potentiometer

Related terms

potential_divider

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[ noun ] (pharmacology) street names for marijuana

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cannabis smoke

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[ noun ] (botany) a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared

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hemp acapulco_gold

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[ noun ] (informal) slang terms for a paunch

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belly colloquialism

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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
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