pot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
  2. noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
    throne; toilet; commode; crapper; stool; potty; can.
  3. noun the quantity contained in a pot
    potful.
  4. noun a container in which plants are cultivated
    flowerpot.
  5. noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
    plenty; great deal; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
    • a batch of letters
    • a deal of trouble
    • a lot of money
    • he made a mint on the stock market
    • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
    • it must have cost plenty
    • a slew of journalists
    • a wad of money
  6. noun the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
    jackpot; kitty.
  7. noun slang for a paunch
    tummy; bay window; potbelly; corporation.
  8. noun a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
    potentiometer.
  9. noun street names for marijuana
    sess; skunk; weed; gage; smoke; Mary Jane; sens; grass; green goddess; dope; locoweed.
  10. verb plant in a pot
    • He potted the palm

WordNet

Pot noun
Etymology
Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.
Definitions
  1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.
  2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
  3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. "Give her a pot and a cake." De Foe.
  4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
  5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
  6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
  7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. Knight.
  8. A size of paper. See Pott. Dryden. J. G. Saxe.
Pot transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Potted; present participle & verbal noun Potting
Definitions
  1. To place or inclose in pots; as: (a) To preserve seasoned in pots. "Potted fowl and fish." Dryden. (b) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs. (c) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off. B. Edwards. (d) (Billiards) To pocket.
Pot intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To tipple; to drink. Obs. or Prov. Eng.
    It is less labor to plow than to pot it. Feltham.

Webster 1913