pot
♦ pot /p'ɒt/ (pots potting potted)
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A pot is a deep round container used for cooking stews, soups, and other food.
...metal cooking pots.
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A pot of stew, soup, or other food is an amount of it contained in a pot.
He was stirring a pot of soup.
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You can use pot to refer to a teapot or coffee pot.
There's tea in the pot.
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A pot of tea or coffee is an amount of it contained in a pot.
He spilt a pot of coffee.
3 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft n N
A pot is a cylindrical container for jam, paint, or some other thick liquid.
Hundreds of jam pots lined her scrubbed shelves.
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A pot of jam, paint, or some other thick liquid is an amount of it contained in a pot.
...a pot of red paint.
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A pot is the same as a flowerpot.
5 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you pot a young plant, or part of a plant, you put it into a container filled with soil, so it can grow there.
Pot the cuttings individually.
...potted plants.
6 [N-UNCOUNT]
Pot is sometimes used to refer to the drugs cannabis and marijuana. (INFORMAL)
7 [VERB] V n
In the games of snooker and billiards, if you pot a ball, you succeed in hitting it into one of the pockets.
He did not pot a ball for the next two frames.
= pocket
8
see also potted, chamber pot, coffee pot, coffee pot, lobster pot, melting pot, plant pot
9 [PHRASE] PHR after v, PHR n
If you take pot luck, you decide to do something even though you do not know what you will get as a result.
If you haven't made an appointment, take pot luck and knock on the door...
He scorns the `pot-luck' approach.cham|ber pot (chamber pots)
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A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.chim|ney pot (chimney pots)
also chimney-pot
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A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.cof|fee pot (coffee pots)
also coffeepot
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A coffee pot is a tall narrow pot with a spout and a lid, in which coffee is made or served.lob|ster pot (lobster pots)
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A lobster pot is a trap used for catching lobsters. It is in the shape of a basket.melt|ing pot (melting pots)
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing
A melting pot is a place or situation in which people or ideas of different kinds gradually get mixed together.
The republic is a melting pot of different nationalities.
2 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If something is in the melting pot, you do not know what is going to happen to it. (mainly BRIT)
Their fate is still in the melting-pot.plant pot (plant pots)
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A plant pot is a container that is used for growing plants. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use pot, planter)
= flowerpotpot bel|ly (pot bellies)
also potbelly
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Someone who has a pot belly has a round, fat stomach which sticks out, either because they eat or drink too much, or because they have had very little to eat for some time.pot luck
see potpot plant (pot plants)
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A pot plant is a plant which is grown in a container, especially indoors. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use house plant)pot roast (pot roasts)
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A pot roast is a piece of meat that is cooked very slowly with a small amount of liquid in a covered pot.pot shot (pot shots)
also pot-shot
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To take a pot shot at someone or something means to shoot at them without taking the time to aim carefully. (INFORMAL)
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A pot shot is a criticism of someone which may be unexpected and unfair. (INFORMAL)
...Republican rivals taking pot shots at the president.
1 [N-COUNT]
A pot is a deep round container used for cooking stews, soups, and other food.
...metal cooking pots.
[N-COUNT] usu N of n
A pot of stew, soup, or other food is an amount of it contained in a pot.
He was stirring a pot of soup.
2 [N-COUNT]
You can use pot to refer to a teapot or coffee pot.
There's tea in the pot.
[N-COUNT] usu N of n
A pot of tea or coffee is an amount of it contained in a pot.
He spilt a pot of coffee.
3 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft n N
A pot is a cylindrical container for jam, paint, or some other thick liquid.
Hundreds of jam pots lined her scrubbed shelves.
[N-COUNT] usu N of n
A pot of jam, paint, or some other thick liquid is an amount of it contained in a pot.
...a pot of red paint.
4 [N-COUNT]
A pot is the same as a flowerpot.
5 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you pot a young plant, or part of a plant, you put it into a container filled with soil, so it can grow there.
Pot the cuttings individually.
...potted plants.
6 [N-UNCOUNT]
Pot is sometimes used to refer to the drugs cannabis and marijuana. (INFORMAL)
7 [VERB] V n
In the games of snooker and billiards, if you pot a ball, you succeed in hitting it into one of the pockets.
He did not pot a ball for the next two frames.
8
see also potted, chamber pot, coffee pot, coffee pot, lobster pot, melting pot, plant pot
9 [PHRASE] PHR after v, PHR n
If you take pot luck, you decide to do something even though you do not know what you will get as a result.
If you haven't made an appointment, take pot luck and knock on the door...
He scorns the `pot-luck' approach.cham|ber pot (chamber pots)
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A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.chim|ney pot (chimney pots)
also chimney-pot
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A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.cof|fee pot (coffee pots)
also coffeepot
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A coffee pot is a tall narrow pot with a spout and a lid, in which coffee is made or served.lob|ster pot (lobster pots)
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A lobster pot is a trap used for catching lobsters. It is in the shape of a basket.melt|ing pot (melting pots)
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing
A melting pot is a place or situation in which people or ideas of different kinds gradually get mixed together.
The republic is a melting pot of different nationalities.
2 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If something is in the melting pot, you do not know what is going to happen to it. (mainly BRIT)
Their fate is still in the melting-pot.plant pot (plant pots)
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A plant pot is a container that is used for growing plants. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use pot, planter)
= flowerpotpot bel|ly (pot bellies)
also potbelly
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Someone who has a pot belly has a round, fat stomach which sticks out, either because they eat or drink too much, or because they have had very little to eat for some time.pot luck
see potpot plant (pot plants)
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A pot plant is a plant which is grown in a container, especially indoors. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use house plant)pot roast (pot roasts)
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A pot roast is a piece of meat that is cooked very slowly with a small amount of liquid in a covered pot.pot shot (pot shots)
also pot-shot
1 [N-COUNT]
To take a pot shot at someone or something means to shoot at them without taking the time to aim carefully. (INFORMAL)
2 [N-COUNT]
A pot shot is a criticism of someone which may be unexpected and unfair. (INFORMAL)
...Republican rivals taking pot shots at the president.