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Pot

noun
Word Frequency: 11.8

Definitions

1.nounA flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
2.nounVarious similar open-topped vessels, particularly
3.nounPothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot
4.nounRuin or deterioration.
"After his arrest, his prospects went to pot."
5.nounAn iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
6.nounA pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
7.nounThe money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; any sum of money being used as an enticement.
8.nounA favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
9.nounA plaster cast.
10.verbTo put (something) into a pot.
"to pot a plant"
11.verbTo preserve by bottling or canning.
"potted meat"
12.verbTo cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
13.verbTo be capable of being potted.
"The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way."
14.verbTo shoot with a firearm.
15.verbTo take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
16.verbTo secure; gain; win; bag.
17.verbTo send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
18.verbTo tipple; to drink.
19.verbTo drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
20.verbTo seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
21.verbTo apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
22.nounMarijuana
23.nounA simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
24.nounA large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch.
25.nounA potbelly stove.
26.nounA Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig.
27.nounA small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
"He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink."
28.nounA shot taken at an easy or random target.
29.nounCriticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
30.nounAn old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
"pott paper"

Synonyms

cooking potcookpotkittypoolkettlebellylibbatchstackmarihuanaganjamarijuanasmoke

Rhymes With

fraughtdistraughttautonslaughthottrotknotoverwrought
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