pot

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pot

1	n v	metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid plant in a pot
2	n	a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
3	n	the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
4	n	slang for a paunch
5	n	a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
6	n	street names for marijuana

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pot

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; caldron, cauldron
a very large pot that is used for boiling; coffeepot
tall pot in which coffee is brewed; 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; boiler, kettle
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid; 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; coffee urn
an urn in which coffee is made and kept hot; drip pot
a coffeepot for making drip coffee; percolator
a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans; samovar
a metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea; teakettle
kettle for boiling water to make tea; tea urn
an urn in which tea is brewed and from which it is served

Type of:: cooking utensil, cookware
a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking; vessel
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

Synonyms:: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

Types:: deluge, flood, inundation, torrent
an overwhelming number or amount; haymow
a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation

Type of:: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude

Type of:: container
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)

“He potted the palm”

Type of:: embed, engraft, imbed, implant, plant
fix or set securely or deeply

Types:: 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; potty chair, potty seat
toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children

Type of:: plumbing fixture
a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building

Type of:: potential divider, voltage divider
resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage

Synonyms:: Mary Jane, dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed

Type of:: cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana
the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect

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