pot

pot¹ W3S2 [pɔt US pa:t] n

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1¦(cooking)¦

2¦(for a plant)¦

3¦(tea/coffee)¦

4¦(for food, paint etc)¦

5¦(bowl/dish etc)¦

6 go to pot

7 pots of money

8¦(money)¦

9¦(drug)¦

10 (a case of) the pot calling the kettle black

11¦(stomach)¦

12¦(hit a ball)¦

13¦(toilet)¦

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[: Old English; Origin: pott]

1.) ¦(COOKING)¦

a container used for cooking which is round, deep, and usually made of metal

▪ pots and pans

pot of

▪ There was a big pot of soup on the stove.

2.) ¦(FOR A PLANT)¦

a container for a plant, usually made of plastic or baked clay

▪ herbs growing in pots

3.) ¦(TEA/COFFEE)¦

a container with a handle and a small tube for pouring, used to make tea or coffee

▪ Is there any tea left in the pot?

pot of

▪ I'll make a pot of coffee.

→↑coffee pot, ↑teapot

4.) ¦(FOR FOOD, PAINT ETC)¦ BrE

a round container for storing foods such as ↑jam that are slightly liquid, or for substances such as glue or paint

pot of

▪ a pot of blue paint

jam/paint/yoghurt etc pot

5.) ¦(BOWL/DISH ETC)¦

a dish, bowl, plate, or other container that is made by shaping clay and then baking it

→↑pottery

▪ an earthenware pot

6.) go to pot informal

if something such as a place or an organization goes to pot, it becomes much worse or fails because no one is taking care of it

▪ The government has let the whole country go to pot .

7.) pots of money

BrE informal a lot of money

▪ They've got pots of money in the bank.

▪ He's hoping to make pots of money from the deal.

8.) ¦(MONEY)¦

the pot

a) money that is available to do something, especially money that people have collected

in the pot

▪ So far we've got £150 in the pot.

b) all the money that people have risked in a card game, and which can be won

in the pot

▪ There was $1000 in the pot.

9.) ¦(DRUG)¦[U]

old-fashioned informal ↑marijuana

▪ Michael was smoking pot with some friends.

10.) (a case of) the pot calling the kettle black informal

used humorously to say that you should not criticize someone for something, because you have done the same thing or have the same fault

11.) ¦(STOMACH)¦

a ↑potbelly

12.) ¦(HIT A BALL)¦ BrE

the act of hitting a ball into one of the ↑pockets (=holes at the edge of the table) in games such as ↑billiards, ↑pool, and ↑snooker

13.) ¦(TOILET)¦ informal

a toilet

→↑chamber pot, ↑chimney pot, ↑flowerpot, ↑lobsterpot, ↑melting pot

pot ²

pot² past tense and past participle potted present participle potting

v [T]

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1¦(plants)¦

2¦(ball)¦

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1.) ¦(PLANTS)¦ also pot up BrE

to put a plant into a pot filled with soil

▪ Pot the seedlings after 2-3 weeks.

2.) ¦(BALL)¦

BrE to hit a ball into one of the ↑pockets (=holes at the edge of the table) in games such as ↑billiards, ↑pool, and ↑snooker

= ↑pocket