pot
/pɒt/ · noun
Meaning
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
- Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
- Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot
- Ruin or deterioration.
- An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- To put (something) into a pot.
- To preserve by bottling or canning.
- To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- To be capable of being potted.
- To shoot with a firearm.
- To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
- Marijuana
- A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
- A large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch.
- A potbelly stove.
- A Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig.
- A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
- A shot taken at an easy or random target.
- Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
- An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
- Marijuana
- A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
- A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
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