Found 3 items, similar to Pot.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pot
jambang, jambangan, pot bunga
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pot
pot
n 1: metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round
and deep; often has a handle and lid
2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet,
can,
commode,
crapper,
potty,
stool,
throne]
3: the quantity contained in a pot [syn:
potful]
4: a container in which plants are cultivated [syn:
flowerpot]
5: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
“a batch of letters”;
“a deal of trouble”;
“a lot of
money”;
“he made a mint on the stock market”;
“it must
have cost plenty” [syn:
batch,
deal,
flock,
good deal
,
great deal,
hatful,
heap,
lot,
mass,
mess,
mickle,
mint,
muckle,
peck,
pile,
plenty,
quite a little
,
raft,
sight,
slew,
spate,
stack,
tidy sum
,
wad,
whole lot,
whole slew]
6: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
[syn:
jackpot,
kitty]
7: slang terms for a paunch [syn:
potbelly,
bay window,
corporation,
tummy]
8: a resistor with three terminals, the third being an
adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in
radios and TV sets [syn:
potentiometer]
9: street names for marijuana [syn:
grass,
green goddess,
dope,
weed,
gage,
sess,
sens,
smoke,
skunk,
locoweed,
Mary Jane]
[also:
potting,
potted]
pot
v : plant in a pot;
“He potted the palm”
[also:
potting,
potted]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pot
Pot
\Pot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Potted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Potting.]
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.
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2. To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a
pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.
When hunted, it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees,
and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue
it with dogs and pot it when treed. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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3. To secure; gain; win; bag. [Colloq.]
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Pot
\Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta,
Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]
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.
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2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
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3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of
ale.
“Give her a pot and a cake.” --De Foe.
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4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top
of a chimney; a chimney pot.
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5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
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6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
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7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight.
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8. A size of paper. See
Pott.
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9. marijuana. [slang]
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10. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing
or card playing; the pool; also (Racing, Eng.) a horse
heavily backed; a favorite. [Slang]
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11. (Armor) A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps
in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also
pot helmet
.
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12. (Card Playing) The total of the bets at one time; the
pool.
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Jack pot. See under 2d
Jack.
Pot cheese, cottage cheese. See under
Cottage.
Pot companion, a companion in drinking.
Pot hanger, a pothook.
Pot herb, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are
boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane,
and many others.
Pot hunter, one who kills anything and everything that will
help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for
the table or for the market.
Pot metal.
(a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different
from common pig iron.
(b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large
vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure.
(c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are
incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.
--Knight.
Pot plant (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the
monkey-pot.
Pot wheel (Hydraul.), a noria.
To go to pot, to go to destruction; to come to an end of
usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G.
Saxe.
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Pot
\Pot\, v. i.
1. To tipple; to drink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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It is less labor to plow than to pot it. --Feltham.
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2. To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.
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