Pot Definition

pŏt

pots, potted, potting

noun

pots

A round vessel of any size, made as of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, cooking or preserving food, etc.

Webster's New World

An artistic or decorative ceramic vessel of any shape.

American Heritage

A flowerpot.

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Webster's New World

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Synonyms:

verb

pots, potted, potting

To put into a pot.

Webster's New World

To preserve in a pot or jar.

Webster's New World

To cook in a pot.

Webster's New World

To shoot (game) for food instead of for sport.

Webster's New World

To take a potshot; shoot.

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abbreviation

Potential.

Webster's New World

idiom

go to pot

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Other Word Forms of Pot

Singular:

pot

Plural:

From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“a pot"), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot"), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel"). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pot (“pot"), Dutch pot (“pot"), Low German Pott (“pot"), German Pott (“pot"), Swedish pott (“pot"), Icelandic pottur (“tub, pot").

From Wiktionary
Possibly a shortened form of Mexican Spanish potiguaya (“marijuana leaves") or potaguaya (“cannabis leaves") or potación de guaya literally "˜drink of grief', supposedly denoting a drink of wine or brandy in which marijuana buds were steeped.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English pott from Vulgar Latin pottus

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition