pot

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

pots

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

pot

past (v2)

potted

past participle (v3)

potted

present participle

potting

3rd person singular

pots

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).

   • Hunting in the year 1000 was still a democratic pastime. Every free-born Anglo-Saxon had the right to enter the forest and bring home game for the pot.

2. 2.Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly

   • “Clinton,” Gail cried from outside, “are you going to sit on the pot all day?”
   • "So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."
   • Shit or get off the pot.

3. 3.Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.

4. 4.A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To preserve by bottling or canning.

2. 2.To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.

3. 3.To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.

4. 4.To put (something) into a pot.

Overall

Uncommon· #2548

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• throne
• toilet

Word family

• potato