pot
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈpät 
1
a
: a usually rounded metal or earthen container used chiefly for domestic purposes (as in cooking or for holding liquids or growing plants)
also : any of various technical or industrial vessels or enclosures resembling or likened to a household pot
the pot of a still
b
: potful
a pot of coffee
2
: an enclosed framework of wire, wood, or wicker for catching fish or lobsters
3
a
: a large amount (as of money)
b(1)
: the total of the bets at stake at one time
(2)
: one round in a poker game
c
: the common fund of a group
4
: potshot
5
: potbelly
6
: ruin
gone to pot
7
British : a shot in snooker in which a ball is pocketed
8
: a vessel for urination and defecation: such as
a
: toilet sense 1a
b
: potty
pot
2 of 4verb
potted; potting
transitive verb
1
a
: to place in a pot
b
: to pack or preserve (something, such as cooked and chopped meat) in a sealed pot, jar, or can often with aspic
2
: to shoot with a potshot
3
: to make or shape (earthenware) as a potter
4
: to embed (something, such as electronic components) in a container with an insulating or protective material (such as plastic)
intransitive verb
: to take a potshot
pot
3 of 4noun (2)
: marijuana
pot
4 of 4abbreviation
1
potential
2
potentiometer
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- jack
- jackpot
- pool
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Example Sentences
Verb She spent the afternoon potting tulip bulbs.
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English pott; akin to Middle Low German pot pot
Noun (2)
perhaps modification of Mexican Spanish potiguaya
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun (2)
1938, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing pot
Kids Definition
pot 1 of 2
noun
ˈpät
1
: a deep usually rounded container
a cooking pot
a clay flower pot
2
: the amount a pot will hold
a pot of soup
pot
2 of 2verb
potted; potting
: to put or pack in a pot
I'm potting up begonias.
Medical Definition
pot 1 of 2
noun
ˈpät
: a usually rounded container
pot
2 of 2noun
: marijuana
pots 1 of 2
noun
1
as in pools
the total of the bets at stake at one time everyone got a bit nervous when the pot grew to more than a hundred dollars Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pools
- funds
- stakes
- jacks
- bets
- jackpots
- kitties
- wagers
2
as in loads
a considerable amount made a pot of money in the real estate market Synonyms & Similar Words
- loads
- piles
- tons
- chunks
- stacks
- quantities
- rafts
- wealths
- bunches
- buckets
- slews
- hundred
- hundreds
- bundles
- dozen
- lots
- plenties
- deals
- dozens
- basketfuls
- masses
- abundances
- bushels
- fistfuls
- platefuls
- barrels
- truckloads
- heaps
- mountains
- profusions
- yards
- gobs
- shiploads
- volumes
- potfuls
- wads
- myriads
- sheaves
- packs
- pecks
- boatloads
- scads
- much
- oodles
- carloads
- stores
- reams
- good deals
- lashings
- messes
- sights
- multiplicities
- lashins
- plenitudes
- basketsful
- spates
- quite a bit
- floods
- passels
- all kinds (of)
- thousands
- plentitudes
- seas
- surpluses
- rashes
- millions
- plagues
- excesses
- million
- multitudes
- bonanzas
- swarms
- surfeits
- epidemics
- superfluities
- armies
- overflows
- hordes
- deluges
- oversupplies
- overages
- flocks
- scores
- hosts
- bevies
- zillions
- trillions
- overmuch
- crowds
- redundancies
- mobs
- overabundances
- plethoras
- legions
- embarrassments
- throngs
- superabundances
- crushes
- overkills
- presses
- herds
- gazillions
- droves
- crams
- jillions
- kazillions
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- shadows
- shades
- spots
- bits
- ounces
- molecules
- granules
- grains
- fragments
- peanuts
- strains
- specks
- dots
- mites
- scraps
- touches
- particles
- atoms
- tastes
- aces
- mouthfuls
- streaks
- licks
- traces
- pinches
- dabs
- rays
- sprinkles
- sprinklings
- flecks
- driblets
- drams
- pieces
- crumbs
- scruples
- hints
- little
- nips
- handfuls
- nubbins
- pittances
- suspicions
- handsful
- motes
- sections
- shreds
- portions
- glimmers
- smidges
- shots
- drops
- smidgens
- smidgeons
- dashes
- morsels
- flyspecks
- scintillas
- whits
- smidgins
- iotas
- modicums
- tittles
- jots
- shortages
- smatterings
- smatters
- absences
- lacks
- deficits
- deficiencies
- wants
- famines
- scarcities
- inadequacies
- insufficiencies
- dearths
- poverties
- undersupplies
- paucities
3
as in bellies
an enlarged or bulging abdomen vowed that he would never get a pot, that telltale sign of middle age Synonyms & Similar Words
- bellies
- stomachs
- bay windows
- potbellies
- corporations
- paunches
- obesities
- beer bellies
- guts
- breadbaskets
- tummies
- fat
- overweights
- corpulences
pots
2 of 2verb
as in seeds
Synonyms & Similar Words
- seeds
- plants
- drills
- replants
- transplants
- puts in
- sows
- beds
- broadcasts
- reseeds
- overseeds
- scatters
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- gathers
- harvests
- reaps