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pot I. \ˈpät, usu -äd.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English pot, pott, from Old English pott; akin to Old Frisian pott pot, Middle Dutch pot, Middle Low German pot, put, and perhaps to Old English -pūte, a fish with a large head — more at pout 1. a. : a usually rounded metal or earthen container of varying size used chiefly for domestic purposes: as (1) : a container used for boiling or cooking — compare kettle (2) : a container for a beverage (3) : chamber pot b. : such a container with its contents < give her a pot and a cake — Daniel Defoe > < pot of tea > c. archaic : any of several quantities or measures < a pot of sugar weighs about 70 pounds — Annual Register > 2. a. chiefly Scotland : a pit or depression in the ground or in the bed of a stream b. archaic : the abyss of hell 3. a. dialect England : a basket or box used chiefly like one of a pair of panniers b. : an enclosed framework of wire, wood, or wicker for catching fish, eels, or lobsters — compare pound net 4. a. : crucible 1 b. : a large round metal receptacle used as part of a still c. : a valve chamber in a compound-pressure steam pump d. : an electrolytic cell used in recovering some metals (as aluminum) from a fused electrolyte 5. : a leather or steel protective cap or helmet worn chiefly in the 17th century 6. a. (1) : a large amount (as of money) < inherited pot of money > < has pots of wealth > (2) : the total prize or aggregate of bets to be won at the outcome of a particular event or contest (3) : a common resource or fund that may be created or drawn upon by a number of individuals or groups < all the assets and production go into a common pot on which they live — R.R.Nathan > b. (1) : the total of the bets made in poker or other card games on the outcome of any one deal and usually accumulated in a pile in the center of the table : pool (2) : a period or interval including the deal, betting, showdown, and determination of the winner in poker : one complete unit or round of play in a poker game 7. slang Britain : favorite 8. : a paper case holding the garniture at the head of a fireworks rocket 9. [by shortening] : potshot 10. [by shortening] slang : potbelly 11. : an important or prominent person < they're sure to have some big pot … who knows all about the house — J.D.Beresford > 12. : ruin, deterioration < business had gone to pot — Alan Hynd > 13. slang : an electronic volume control or fading device 14. [pot (II) ] : a shot in which a billiard ball is potted 15. slang : marijuana II. verb (potted ; potted ; potting ; pots) transitive verb 1. slang Britain : fool, deceive, outwit < it is no hard matter to puzzle and to pot you with authority — Richard Montagu > 2. : to place or pack in a pot: a. : to put up in a pot or sealed jar : can, preserve b. : to place (as a seedling or bulb) in an earth-filled pot for cultivation — often used with up 3. Britain : to pocket (an object ball) in a game of billiards or pool 4. a. : to shoot or kill (game) for food rather than as a sport b. : potshot < it was nice, he thought, not to have to … sleep like a cat lest one be potted like a sitting rabbit — P.E.Lehman > 5. : to make or shape (earthenware) as a potter < a round bowl has an alternating panel design … and is well potted — W.E.Cox > 6. : to treat (sodium nitrate) in a pot with sulfuric acid to form nitric acid 7. : to make superficially attractive by eliminating or oversimplifying difficult matters and emphasizing the exciting and attractive : glamorize < a democracy, sometimes called educated, that prefers its information potted, pictorial, and spiced with sensation — Wilson Harris > intransitive verb 1. obsolete : to drink an intoxicating beverage from a pot 2. : to take a potshot : shoot < we … potted at alligators in the reeds — Howard Clewes > III. abbreviation 1. potential 2. potion 3. pottery |