washpot \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\noun : a pot for washing: as a.: a large metal pot used outdoors for boiling clothes over an open fire < playing out there in the yard … around an old fire-blackened washpot — F.B.Gipson > b.: a pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated in tinplate manufacturing