pot

(noun, verb)

noun

1. metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

Definition categories: man–made, cookware, vessel

2. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Similar word(s): can, commode, crapper, potty, stool, throne, toilet

Definition categories: man–made

3. the quantity contained in a pot

Similar word(s): potful

Definition categories: quantity, containerful

4. a container in which plants are cultivated

Similar word(s): flowerpot

Definition categories: man–made, container

5. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Similar word(s): batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad

Definition categories: quantity

6. the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

Similar word(s): jackpot, kitty

Definition categories: possession, bet, stake, stakes, wager

7. slang for a paunch

Similar word(s): corporation, potbelly, tummy

Definition categories: body, belly, paunch

8. a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

Similar word(s): potentiometer

Definition categories: man–made

9. street names for marijuana

Similar word(s): dope, gage, grass, locoweed, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed

Definition categories: man–made, cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana

Sentences with pot as a noun:

- His prospects went to pot.

- a graphite pot; a melting pot

verb

1. plant in a pot

- He potted the palm

Definition categories: contact, embed, engraft, imbed, implant, plant

Sentences with pot as a verb:

- to pot a plant

- potted meat

- The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.

- Could you please pot the children before sending them to bed?