pot
A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepansA flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
» Tom made a pot of coffee.
Том заварив чайник з кавою.
Meaning
24 sensesA flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
The nominal household cooking vessel, metaphorically standing for the supply of food for a meal, or for the home.
Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee pot or teapot.
A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory.
Shit or get off the pot.
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
A crucible: a melting pot.
the quantity contained in a pot
(Maine)A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
A perforated cask for draining sugar.
(Australia, Tasmania)A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
Rowten Pot
Examples
448 sentencesTom made a pot of coffee.
Том заварив чайник з кавою.
I cook soup in a big pot.
Я готую суп у великій кастрюлі.
ruСуп я варю в большой кастрюле.
deIch koche in einem großen Topf Suppe.
I'll make another pot of coffee.
I'll make a pot of coffee.
Tom reached for the coffee pot.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot (“pot”) (From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot (“pot”) (probably from Frankish *pott); both Old English and Frankish from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”).
Possibly a shortened form of Mexican Spanish potiguaya or potaguaya (“cannabis leaves”), or potación de guaya (literally “drink of grief”), supposedly denoting a drink of wine or brandy in which marijuana buds were steeped, from pota + de + guaya (see guayar (“to lament”)).
Clipping of potentiometer.
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Forms
plural: pots| Singular | pot |
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uncountable
Synonyms
135 synonyms- street names for marijuana:grassgreen goddessdopeweedgagesesssenssmoke
- a container in which plants are cultivated:flowerpot
- slang for a paunch:potbellybay windowcorporationtummy
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker):jackpotkitty
- the quantity contained in a pot:potful
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets:potentiometer
Word family
189 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
7 patterns- pot of coffee
- in the pot
- made a pot
- a pot of
- the coffee pot
- coffee pot
- flower pot