Pot

English Meaning

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.

1. Any of various usually domestic containers made of pottery, metal, or glass, as:
2. A round, fairly deep cooking vessel with a handle and often a lid.
3. A short round container for storing or serving food: a jam pot; a mustard pot.
4. A coffeepot.
5. A teapot.
6. Such a container and its contents: a pot of stew; brewed a pot of coffee.
7. A potful.
8. A large drinking cup; a tankard.
9. A drink of liquor contained in such a cup.
10. An artistic or decorative ceramic vessel of any shape.
11. A flowerpot.
12. Something, such as a chimney pot or chamber pot, that resembles a round cooking vessel in appearance or function.
13. A trap for eels, other fish, or crustaceans, typically consisting of a wicker or wire basket or cage.
14. Games The total amount staked by all the players in one hand at cards. See Synonyms at bet.
15. Games The area on a card table where stakes are placed.
16. Games A shot in billiards or related games intended to send a ball into a pocket.
17. Informal A common fund to which members of a group contribute.
18. Informal A large amount. Often used in the plural: made pots of money on their investment.
19. Informal A potshot.
20. Informal A potbelly.
21. Informal A potty or toilet.
22. See potentiometer.
23. To place or plant in a pot: pot a geranium.
24. To preserve (food) in a pot.
25. To cook in a pot.
26. To shoot (game) for food rather than for sport.
27. Informal To shoot with a potshot.
28. Informal To win or capture; bag.
29. Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket.
30. Informal To take a potshot.
31. To make or shape objects from clay, as on a potter's wheel.
32. Slang Marijuana.