pot 1 (p t)n. 1. Any of various usually domestic containers made of pottery, metal, or glass, as: a. A round, fairly deep cooking vessel with a handle and often a lid. b. A short round container for storing or serving food: a jam pot; a mustard pot. c. A coffeepot. d. A teapot. 2. a. Such a container and its contents: a pot of stew; brewed a pot of coffee. b. A potful. 3. a. A large drinking cup; a tankard. b. A drink of liquor contained in such a cup. 4. An artistic or decorative ceramic vessel of any shape. 5. A flowerpot. 6. Something, such as a chimney pot or chamber pot, that resembles a round cooking vessel in appearance or function. 7. A trap for eels, other fish, or crustaceans, typically consisting of a wicker or wire basket or cage. 8. Games a. The total amount staked by all the players in one hand at cards. See Synonyms at bet. b. The area on a card table where stakes are placed. c. A shot in billiards or related games intended to send a ball into a pocket. 9. Informal A common fund to which members of a group contribute. 10. Informal A large amount. Often used in the plural: made pots of money on their investment. 11. Informal A potshot. 12. Informal A potbelly. 13. Informal A potty or toilet. 14. See potentiometer. v. pot·ted, pot·ting, pots v.tr. 1. To place or plant in a pot: pot a geranium. 2. To preserve (food) in a pot. 3. To cook in a pot. 4. To shoot (game) for food rather than for sport. 5. Informal To shoot with a potshot. 6. Informal To win or capture; bag. 7. Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket. v.intr. 1. Informal To take a potshot. 2. To make or shape objects from clay, as on a potter's wheel. [Middle English, from Old English pott, from Vulgar Latin *pottus.] |
| pot 2 (pt) n. Slang Marijuana. [Origin unknown.] |
pot 1
Noun
1. a round deep container, often with a handle and lid, used for cooking
2. the amount that a pot will hold
4. a handmade piece of pottery
5. Billiards etc. a shot by which a ball is pocketed
6. a chamber pot
7. the money in the pool in gambling games
8. (often pl) Informal a large sum of money
9. Informal a cup or other trophy
10. See potbelly
11. go to pot to go to ruin
Verb
[potting, potted]
1. to put (a plant) in soil in a flowerpot
2. Billiards etc. to pocket (a ball)
3. to preserve (food) in a pot
4. to shoot (game) for food rather than for sport
5. to shoot casually or without careful aim
6. Informal to capture or win [Old English pott]
pot 2
Noun
Slang cannabis [perhaps from Mexican Indian potiguaya]
Pot a mass-like material filling a pot-hole; a large sum of money; a conventional quantity or measure; a gallon measure, 1545.
Examples: pot of ale, 1724; of apples (five pecks), 1681; of butter (14 lb.), 1662; of coins, 1886; of jelly, 1587; of money, 1621; of mutiny, 1858; of porter, 1833; of sugar (70 lb.), 1775; of tea, 1773; of wine, 1535.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  pot - metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lidcoffeepot - tall pot in which coffee is brewed cooking utensil, cookware - a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking dixie - a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps Dutch oven - iron or earthenware cooking pot; used for stews marmite - a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup pottle - a pot that holds 2 quarts saucepot - a cooking pot that has handles on either side and tight fitting lid; used for stewing or boiling stockpot - a pot used for preparing soup stock teapot - pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle urn - a large pot for making coffee or tea vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) |
| 2. |  pot - a plumbing fixture for defecation and urinationbathroom, bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet flushless toilet - a toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water) flush toilet, lavatory - a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it plumbing fixture - a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building potty chair, potty seat - toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, bathroom, can - a room or building equipped with one or more toilets toilet bowl - the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water toilet seat - the hinged seat on a toilet | |
| 3. |  pot - the quantity contained in a pot containerful - the quantity that a container will hold | |
| 4. |  pot - a container in which plants are cultivatedcontainer - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) planter - a decorative pot for house plants | |
| 5. |  pot - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, mess, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| 6. |  pot - the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)poker game, poker - any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand | |
| 7. |  pot - slang for a paunch | |
| 8. | pot - a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets potential divider, voltage divider - resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage | |
| 9. |  pot - street names for marijuana | |
| Verb | 1. | pot - plant in a pot; "He potted the palm" embed, imbed, implant, plant, engraft - fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" repot - put in a new, usually larger, pot; "The plant had grown and had to be repotted" |
pot
Translations
pot [pɔt] n (for cooking) → olla;
(for flowers) → maceta;
(col) (= marijuana); costo
pots of (col) → montones de;
pot [pɔt] n (for cooking) → marmite f; casserole f (= teapot); théière f;
(for coffee) → cafetière f;
(inf) (= marijuana); herbe f
pot [pɔt] n → Topf m (= teapot, coffee pot, potful); Kanne f;
(inf) (= marijuana); Pot nt
vt [+ plant] → eintopfen;
pot [pɔt] n (for cooking) → pentola; casseruola;
(col) (= marijuana); erba
to go to pot (col) → andare in malora;
pots of (BRIT ) (col) → un sacco di
n pot [pot]
any one of many kinds of deep container used in cooking, for holding food, liquids etc or for growing plants a cooking-pot; a plant-pot; a jam-pot; The waiter brought her a pot of tea. pot وعاء، إبْريق гърне hrnec, květináč gryde; -gryde; potte; -potte; kande; -kande der Topf βάζο, γλάστρα pote, cacerola, puchero; tarro; maceta, tiesto pott, kruus دیگ؛ گلدان ruukku, purkki, kannu pot סִיר, עָצִיץ बरतन lonac,vrč panci pottur, ketill pentola; vaso つぼ 단지, 냄비, 포트 puodas, puodelis, indelis katls; pods; kanna periuk pot potte, gryte, krukke garnek, donica, dzbanek pote vas; borcan; cană горшок; кастрюля; чайник hrniec; kvetináč; kanvica lonec lonac gryta, kruka, burk, pyts, kanna หม้อ kap 壺，罐 горщик; чайник برتن ấm; bình 壶，罐
v – past tense, past participle ˈpotted –
to plant in a pot. in 'n pot plant يَزْرَع في وعاء слагам в гърне zasadit do květináče plante eintopfen φυτεύω σε γλάστρα plantar en una maceta, plantar en un tiesto potti istutama در گلدان گذاشتن istuttaa ruukkuun mettre en pot לִשתוֹל गमले में लगाना staviti (posaditi) u lonac cserépbe ültet menanam dalam pot planta/rækta í potti mettere in vaso 鉢植えにする ...을 화분에 심다 sodinti á vazonà iestādīt puķupodā menanam sst dlm pasu potten plante i potte sadzić do doniczek plantar a conserva сажать в горшок zasadiť do kvetináča posaditi v lonček staviti u lonac plantera i en kruka ปลูกลงกระถาง saksıya dikmek 把...栽在花盆裡 садити в горщик گملے ميں پودا لگانا trồng trong bình 把...栽在花盆里
adj potted
1 (of food) pressed into a pot or jar in order to preserve it potted meat. ingelegde مَحْفوظ في عُلَب، مُعَلَّب консервиран konzervovaný henkogt -konserve διατηρημένος σε βάζο (για φαγητό) en conserva sissetehtud کنسرو شده säilötty en pot/terrine מְשוּמָר बर्तन में रखा हुआ konzervirati konzerv- menaruh dalam panci niðursoðinn (conservato in un vasetto) びん詰めの 단지에 담은, 병조림의 konservuotas indelyje konservēts pekasam ingemaakt hermetisert, nedlagt på glass konserwowany w naczyniach em conserva conservat консервированный konzervovaný vložen stavljen u teglu inlagd, konserverad ที่ใส่ไว้ในหม้อ konserve 罐裝的 консервований مرتبان ميں محفوظ giữ trong chậu; xoong 罐装的
2 contained in a pot a potted plant. in 'n pot geplant مَحْفوظ في وِعاء консервиран v květináči potte- Topf-... φυτεμένος σε γλάστρα en una maceta; en un tarro; en un cacharro poti- گلدانی ruukku- en pot שָׁתוּל בְּעָצִיץ गमले में उत्पन्न posađena (biljka) cserepes dalam pot potta- (in vaso) 鉢植えの 화분에 심은 vazone auginamas, pasodintas podā augošs; poda- dlm pasu pot{#169} potte- doniczkowy em vaso în ghiveci; la conservă горшечный; комнатный v kvetináči posajen v lonček koji je u saksiji kruk- ที่บรรจุในหม้อ saksıya dikilmiş 盆栽的 кімнатний گملے ميں رکھا ہوا trồng trong chậu 盆栽的
3 brief; summarized a potted history of Britain. kort, opsommend مُخْتَصَر кратък stručný forkortet zusammengefaßt περιληπτικός condensado, resumido lühi- خلاصه شده lyhennetty condensé מְקוּצָר sažet,jezgrovit rövidített ringkas styttur, samandreginn condensato 要約した 요약한 glaustas, trumpas īss; saīsināts; adaptēts ringkas beknopt kortfattet skrócony condensado (pe) scurt сокращённый; адаптированный stručný povzet sažeta sammandragen, koncentrerad, förkortad โดยสรุป kısa, özetlenmiş 摘錄的，簡短的 короткий مختصر tóm tắt 摘录的，简短的
n pothole
1 a hole or cave made in rock by the action of swirling water. sleurgat نُقْرَه ، حُفْرَة في صَخْر بِفِعل الماء понор obří hrnec jættegryde das Strudelloch λακκούβα, σπηλιά cueva uure, nõva گودال؛ چالاب hiidenkirnu marmite de géants בּוֹר עָמוֹק जल गर्तिका doboka jama u kamenu gödör lubang di batu skessuketill (marmitta dei giganti) おう穴 skrodė, išgrauža bedre; ala gua erosiepijp jettegryte jaskinia caldeirão făgaş котловина obrí hrniec, krasová priepasť vrtača špilja jättegryta ช่องในก้อนหินที่เกิดจากน้ำกัดเซาะ obruk, düşey mağara (地)壺穴 вирва غار، سوراخ hốc đá （地）壶穴
2 a hole worn in a road-surface. slaggat حُفْرَة في الطَّريق дупка на път výmol hul das Schlagloch λακκούβα bache teeauk چاله kuoppa nid-de-poule מַהֲמוּרָה, בּוֹר सड़क पर पड़े गड्ढे rupa u kolniku kátyú lubang di jalan hola/hvarf í vegi buca 穴ぼこ 구덩이 duobė gramba; danga lubang kuil hull i veien dziura buraco groapă выбоина výmoľ luknja rupa na putu grop, tjälskott หลุมบนพื้นถนน kasis, yol çukuru 坑，穴 вибоїна سڑک کا گڑھا ổ gà 坑，穴
n pot-shot
an easy or casual shot that doesn't need careful aim He took a pot-shot at a bird on the fence. vinnige skoon طَلْقَه عابِرَه изстрел наслуки výstřel nazdařbůh hurtigt skud fra hoften; vildskud der Nahschuß στα τυφλά βολή tiro sin apuntar umbropsu lask تیراندازی آسان umpimähkäinen laukaus יְרִייָה בְּאָקרַאי अनायास लगा हुआ निशाना hitan iz blizine,nelovački hitac-prepucavanje közelről leadott lövés tembakan tanpa membidik skot án þess (að þörf sé á) að miða (a casaccio tiro) 目くら撃ち 난사 aklas šūvis šāviens uz labu laimi tembakan melulu schot op goed geluk af sleivskudd, på måfå skudd strzał prawie na oślep tiro a esmo foc tras de aproape неприцельный выстрел výstrel do vzduchu strel od blizu nasumičan pucanj hugskott, slängskott การยิงโดยไม่เล็ง rastgele atış 無需仔細瞄準而易命中的射擊 постріл навмання آسان نشانہ cú bắn bừa 无需仔细瞄准而易命中的射击
take pot luck
to take whatever happens to be available, eg as an unexpected guest at a meal-time. wat ook al beskikbaar is طَعّام من الأشياء الموجودَه изяждам последната лъжица přijmout, co právě je chance mit dem vorliebnehmen, was es gerade gibt τρώω ό,τι βρίσκεται lo que contentarse con haya õnne peale välja minema انتخاب چیزی که شناختی روی آن نداریم به امید اینکه چیز خوبی از آب درآید ottaa vastaan mitä talo tarjoaa à la manger fortune du pot לְאֶכוֹל כָּל מָה שֶׁנִיתָן बिना ज्यादा जानकारी के चुन लेना, पसंद करना nešto učinjeno na sreću azt eszik, amit éppen talál rezeki nomplok láta hendingu ráða (quello che mangiare passa il convento) ありあわせの料理で食事する 있는대로 먹다 pasitenkinti tuo, kas yra ņemt par labu to, kas dabūjams makan apa yg ada eten wat de pot schaft ta til takke med (det huset formår) brać co dają contentar-se com o que houver чем богаты, тем и рады prijať, čo práve je vzeti na slepo srečo prihvatiti hålla till godo med vad huset förmår อาหารที่มีอยู่โดยไม่ต้องเตรียม Allah ne verdiyse onu yemek (請)吃家常便飯 чим багаті, тим і раді; чим хата багата ماحضر کھانا có gì ăn nấy （请）吃家常便饭
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