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Noun: pot  pót
  1. Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
     
  2. The quantity contained in a pot
    - potful
     
  3. A container in which plants are cultivated
    - flowerpot
     
  4. (poker) the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
    - jackpot, kitty
     
  5. [slang] A street name for marijuana
    - grass [slang], green goddess [slang], dope [slang], weed [slang], gage [slang], sess [slang], sens [slang], smoke [slang], skunk [slang], locoweed [N. Amer, slang], Mary Jane [slang]
     
  6. A shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)
    - potshot
     
  7. Criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration
    - potshot
     
  8. Trap for catching lobsters
    - lobster pot
     
  9. An amount of money contributed by a group of people for communal use or shared expenses
    - kitty
     
  10. [informal] A protruding or large belly
    - belly, paunch, potbelly, bay window [informal], corporation [informal], tummy [informal]
     
  11. (often followed by 'of') a large number, amount or extent
    "a pot of letters";
    - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, bunch [informal]
     
  12. [informal] A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
    - toilet, can [N. Amer, informal], commode [N. Amer], potty [informal], stool [archaic], throne [informal], loo [Brit, informal]
Verb: pot (potted,potting)  pót
  1. Plant in a pot
    "He potted the palm"

Derived forms: pots, potting, potted

Type of: adipose tissue, bet, cannabis, container, containerful, cooking utensil, cookware, criticism, dagga [S.Africa], embed, engraft, fat, fatty tissue, ganja, imbed, implant, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, marihuana, marijuana, plant, plumbing fixture, shooting, shot, stake, stakes, trap, unfavorable judgment [US], unfavourable judgment [Brit, Cdn], vessel, wager

Part of: bathroom, body, bog [Brit, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], closet [archaic], jacks [Ireland, informal], john [informal], lav [informal], lavatory, loo [Brit, informal], toilet, torso, trunk, W.C. [Brit], water closet [Brit, archaic]

Encyclopedia: Pot, kettle, black