potted

[ pot-id ]
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adjective
  1. placed or enclosed in a pot.

  2. transplanted into or grown in a pot.

  1. preserved or cooked in a pot: potted beef.

  2. Slang. drunk.

  3. British Slang. (of the treatment of a subject) shallow; superficial.

Origin of potted

1
1640–50; 1920–25 for def. 4; pot1 + -ed2

Other words from potted

  • un·pot·ted, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for potted

potted

/ (ˈpɒtɪd) /


adjective
  1. placed or grown in a pot

  2. cooked or preserved in a pot: potted shrimps

  1. informal summarized or abridged: a potted version of a novel

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