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pot

1  [pot] noun, verb, pot⋅ted, pot⋅ting.
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–noun
1. a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
2. such a container with its contents: a pot of stew.
3. the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful.
4. a flowerpot.
5. a container of liquor or other drink: a pot of ale.
6. liquor or other drink.
7. a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire. Compare lobster pot.
8. a chamber pot.
9. Metallurgy.
a. a vessel for melting metal; melting pot.
b. an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
10. British.
a. chimney pot.
b. Dialect. a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier.
11. Slang. a large sum of money.
12. all the money bet at a single time; pool.
13. British Slang. (in horse racing) the favorite.
14. potshot.
15. a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart.
16. Armor.
a. an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century.
b. any open helmet.
17. Slang. a potbelly.
–verb (used with object)
18. to put into a pot.
19. to preserve (food) in a pot.
20. to cook in a pot.
21. to transplant into a pot: We must pot the petunias.
22. Hunting.
a. to shoot (game birds) on the ground or water, or (game animals) at rest, instead of in flight or running: He can't even pot a sitting duck.
b. to shoot for food, not for sport.
23. Informal. to capture, secure, or win.
–verb (used without object)
24. Informal. to take a potshot; shoot.
—Idioms
25. go to pot, to become ruined; deteriorate: With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot.
26. sweeten the pot. sweeten (def. 8).
Origin:
1150–1200; ME pott (see potter 1 ); c. D, LG pot (perh. > F pot)

Related forms:
potlike, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Slang Dictionary
pot

  1. n.
    a toilet. (Usually with the.) : Jimmy's on the pot, Mommy.
  2. n.
    a drinking vessel. (Old but still heard.) : How about a pot of beer?
  3. in.
    to drink heavily; to use a pot(sense 2) to excess. : Let's sit here and pot for a while.
  4. n.
    a vessel, hat, basket, etc., used to collect or receive contributions. : Please pass the pot.
  5. n.
    a sum of money collected; a pool of money. : How large is the pot this month?
  6. n.
    cannabis; marijuana. (Originally drugs, now widely known.) : The cops found pot growing next to city hall.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

pot  (2)
"marijuana," 1938, probably a shortened form of Mexican Sp. potiguaya "marijuana leaves."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

pot

The securities from a new issue that are returned to the lead underwriter by syndicate members for sale to institutional investors. See also pot is clean.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2pot
Function: noun
: MARIJUANA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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