pot

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[[t]pɒt[/t]]

n. v. pot•ted, pot•ting

1) a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usu. round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes

2) such a container with its contents:

a pot of stew[/ex]

3) cvb

flowerpot

4) a container of liquor or other drink:

a pot of ale[/ex]

5) liquor or other drink

6) bot a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire

7) chamber pot

8) sts a large sum of money

9) all the money bet at a single time; pool

10) potshot

11) sts

potbelly

12) to put or transplant into a pot

13) to preserve (food) in a pot

14) to cook in a pot

15) spo

a) to shoot (game birds) on the ground or water, or (game animals) at rest, instead of in flight or running

b) to shoot for food, not for sport

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- go to pot

Etymology: 1150–1200; ME pott (cf. potter I) II

pot

[[t]pɒt[/t]] n.

pha sts sl.

marijuana

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Etymology: 1935–40, amer.; orig. uncert.