Meaning of pot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Marijuana.
   slang, uncountable
2. A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
3. ISO 639-3 language code for Potawatomi
4. A 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.
   slang
5. Clipping of potion.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
6. A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes)
7. Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
8. A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
9. Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot. A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot. A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot. A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; a toilet; the lavatory
10. A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
11. A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot
12. A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
13. A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot
14. A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory.
    archaic
15. A crucible: a melting pot.
16. A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
    Maine
17. A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
18. A perforated cask for draining sugar.
19. An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.
    obsolete
20. A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
    Australia, Tasmania
21. Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
22. A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
23. Ruin or deterioration.
    slang, uncountable
24. Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
    historical
25. An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
    historical
26. A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
27. The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
28. An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
29. A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
    UK, slang
30. Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
31. Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
32. A plaster cast.
    East-Midlands, Yorkshire

Equivalents

Examples

“He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.”

“Shit or get off the pot.”

““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."”

“There are plenty of pubs and bars all over Australia (serving beer in schooners – 425ml or middies/pots ~285ml), and if you don′t fancy those you can drink in wine bars, pleasant beer gardens, or with friends at home.”

“Rowten Pot”

“After his arrest, his prospects went to pot.”

“The pot is an iron hat with broad brims: there are many under the denomination in the Tower, said to have been taken from the French...”

“No one's interested. You need to sweeten the pot.”

“a pension pot”

“a savings pot”

“Fabienne: I wish I had a pot. Butch: You were lookin' in the mirror and you wish you had some pot? Fabienne: A pot. A pot belly. Pot bellies are sexy. Butch: Well you should be happy, 'cause you do. Fabienne: Shut up, Fatso! I don't have a pot! I have a bit of a tummy, like Madonna when she did "Lucky Star". It's not the same thing.”

“England were shipping penalties at an alarming rate - five in the first 15 minutes alone - and with Wilkinson missing three long-distance pots of his own in the first 20 minutes, the alarm bells began to ring for Martin Johnson's men.”

“The way we figure it, ma'am, if everybody walked around naked, smoked pot and listened to rock'n'roll, there wouldn't be any more wars!”

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