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noun
- A chamber pot.
- (childish, humorous) Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.
- A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
- a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A chair containing a chamber pot.
- (historical) A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
- (euphemistic, US, South Asia) A toilet.
- A stand for a washbowl and jug.
- A low chest of drawers on short legs.
- a tall elegant chest of drawers
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
noun
- A pair of interlocking pots, the lower one filled with water which when boiling heats the contents of the upper pot.
- A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.
- two saucepans, one fitting inside the other
noun
noun
noun
- a decorative pot for house plants
- a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground
- the owner or manager of a plantation
- A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor.
- Any member of a similar landed class of (often wealthy) farm owners elsewhere, such as plantation owners whose lands are worked by farm workers, wage slaves, or slaves.
- One who plants something.
- (historical) Any of the early English or Scottish settlers who were given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
- A machine for planting seeds or transplants.
noun
- A chimney pot.
- (childish or vulgar, slang, Canada, US) Buttocks.
- (slang) Jail or prison.
- (US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
- A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
- (slang, in the plural) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
- (vulgar, slang, Canada, US) The breasts of a woman.
- (slang, in the plural) Headphones.
- A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods.
- A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
- (nautical) A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
- airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- the quantity contained in a can
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
intj
particle
verb
- (transitive) To seal in a can.
- (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
- (transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
- (transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
- (transitive) To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
- (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
- (golf, slang, transitive) To hole the ball.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To be able to.
- (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary or intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
- (US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (transitive, slang) To shut up.
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- preserve in a can or tin
noun
noun
verb
- To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- make without a potter's wheel
- to wind or move in a spiral course
noun
- (electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
- (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- (informal, slang) A wad of cash.
- Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- A cylinder of clay.
- tubing that is wound in a spiral
- a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
- reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
- a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
noun
- a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
- sealed vessel where water is converted to steam
- A steam boiler.
- A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
- A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.
- A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
- A person who boils something.
- An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
- A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
- (UK, Australia, slang, derogatory) An old woman.
- (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
noun
- a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
- the quantity a kettle will hold
- (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
- a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).
- (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive.
- (military) A type of encirclement.
- A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
- (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
- (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
- (music) A kettledrum.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of kettle of fish.
- A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
verb
noun
- a large pot for making coffee or tea
- a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- A vase with a footed base.
- (historical, Roman antiquity) A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius.
- (botany) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
- (figurative) Any place of burial; the grave.
- A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.
- A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.
verb
noun
- A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
- (US, slang) Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
- Someone or something which cans.
- An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning.
noun
- A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
- the quantity contained in a pot
- A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
- (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
- (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
- A crucible: a melting pot.
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
- (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
- (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- (roleplaying games, video games) Clipping of potion.
- (slang) Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”).
- A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
- (Maine) A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
- (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
- An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
- (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
- A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
- (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
- (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
- (slang) Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”).
- A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- a container in which plants are cultivated
- street names for marijuana
- slang for a paunch
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- plant in a pot
- (electronics) To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
- To put (something) into a pot.
- (transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
- (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, transitive) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
- (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
- (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- To preserve by bottling or canning.
- (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- (British) To send someone to jail, expeditiously.
- To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, intransitive) To be capable of being potted.
- (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
noun
- A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.
- The inner lid of a timepiece.
- (military) A cunette.
- (analytical chemistry) A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer.
noun
- A hole or recess on the top of a stove into which a pot may be placed.
- A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
- (fandom slang, TV Tropes) A hyperlink with text displayed on a page that is different from the title of the page to which the text links; a piped link.
- (Australia, mining) A shallow hole dug for the purpose of prospecting for opal or gold.
- (geology) A vertical cave system, often found in limestone.
- A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
- (archaeology) A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure-hunters or vandals.
- a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
noun
name
adj
- preserved in a pot or can or jar
- of plants; planted or grown in a pot
- (British informal) summarized or abridged
- (of a plant) Grown or planted in a plant pot.
- (slang) Drunk.
- (of a biographical or historical account) Expressed in a relatively short, brief form.
- (informal) Prepared in advance, as though preserved by potting.
verb
verb
- place in a chamber
- (transitive) To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
- (transitive) To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
- (martial arts, transitive) To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
- To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
- (transitive) To enclose in a room.
noun
- a room used primarily for sleeping
- a room where a judge transacts business
- a natural or artificial enclosed space
- an enclosed volume in the body
- a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly
- Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
- (figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
- One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
- The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
- The private office of a judge.
- (biology) An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
- (firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
- (UK) A single law office in a building housing several.
- (firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
- A bedroom.
- The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
- (historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
noun
- A chamber pot.
- (childish, humorous) Any other device or place for urination or defecation: a toilet; a lavatory; a latrine; an outhouse.
- A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.
- a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A chair containing a chamber pot.
- (historical) A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
- (euphemistic, US, South Asia) A toilet.
- A stand for a washbowl and jug.
- A low chest of drawers on short legs.
- a tall elegant chest of drawers
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
noun
- A pair of interlocking pots, the lower one filled with water which when boiling heats the contents of the upper pot.
- A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.
- two saucepans, one fitting inside the other
noun
noun
noun
- a decorative pot for house plants
- a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground
- the owner or manager of a plantation
- A box or pot for plants to be planted in, usually large and standing on the floor.
- Any member of a similar landed class of (often wealthy) farm owners elsewhere, such as plantation owners whose lands are worked by farm workers, wage slaves, or slaves.
- One who plants something.
- (historical) Any of the early English or Scottish settlers who were given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
- A machine for planting seeds or transplants.
noun
- A chimney pot.
- (childish or vulgar, slang, Canada, US) Buttocks.
- (slang) Jail or prison.
- (US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
- A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
- (slang, in the plural) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
- (vulgar, slang, Canada, US) The breasts of a woman.
- (slang, in the plural) Headphones.
- A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods.
- A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
- (nautical) A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
- airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- the quantity contained in a can
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
intj
particle
verb
- (transitive) To seal in a can.
- (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
- (transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
- (transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
- (transitive) To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
- (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
- (golf, slang, transitive) To hole the ball.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To be able to.
- (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary or intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
- (US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (transitive, slang) To shut up.
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- preserve in a can or tin
noun
noun
noun
- a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
- sealed vessel where water is converted to steam
- A steam boiler.
- A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
- A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.
- A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
- A person who boils something.
- An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
- A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
- (UK, Australia, slang, derogatory) An old woman.
- (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
noun
- a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
- the quantity a kettle will hold
- (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
- a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).
- (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive.
- (military) A type of encirclement.
- A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
- (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
- (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
- (music) A kettledrum.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of kettle of fish.
- A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
verb
noun
- a large pot for making coffee or tea
- a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- A vase with a footed base.
- (historical, Roman antiquity) A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius.
- (botany) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
- (figurative) Any place of burial; the grave.
- A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.
- A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.
verb
noun
- A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
- (US, slang) Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
- Someone or something which cans.
- An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning.
noun
- A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
- the quantity contained in a pot
- A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
- (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
- (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
- A crucible: a melting pot.
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
- (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
- (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- (roleplaying games, video games) Clipping of potion.
- (slang) Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”).
- A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
- (Maine) A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
- (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
- An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
- (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
- A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
- (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
- (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
- (slang) Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”).
- A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- a container in which plants are cultivated
- street names for marijuana
- slang for a paunch
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- plant in a pot
- (electronics) To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
- To put (something) into a pot.
- (transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
- (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, transitive) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
- (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
- (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- To preserve by bottling or canning.
- (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- (British) To send someone to jail, expeditiously.
- To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, intransitive) To be capable of being potted.
- (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
noun
- A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.
- The inner lid of a timepiece.
- (military) A cunette.
- (analytical chemistry) A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer.
noun
- A hole or recess on the top of a stove into which a pot may be placed.
- A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
- (fandom slang, TV Tropes) A hyperlink with text displayed on a page that is different from the title of the page to which the text links; a piped link.
- (Australia, mining) A shallow hole dug for the purpose of prospecting for opal or gold.
- (geology) A vertical cave system, often found in limestone.
- A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
- (archaeology) A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure-hunters or vandals.
- a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
noun
name
verb
- To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- make without a potter's wheel
- to wind or move in a spiral course
noun
- (electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
- (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- (informal, slang) A wad of cash.
- Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- A cylinder of clay.
- tubing that is wound in a spiral
- a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
- reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
- a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
noun
- A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
- the quantity contained in a pot
- A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
- (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
- (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
- A crucible: a melting pot.
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
- (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
- (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- (roleplaying games, video games) Clipping of potion.
- (slang) Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”).
- A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
- (Maine) A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
- (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
- An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
- (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
- A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
- (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
- (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
- (slang) Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”).
- A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- a container in which plants are cultivated
- street names for marijuana
- slang for a paunch
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- plant in a pot
- (electronics) To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
- To put (something) into a pot.
- (transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
- (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, transitive) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
- (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
- (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- To preserve by bottling or canning.
- (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- (British) To send someone to jail, expeditiously.
- To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, intransitive) To be capable of being potted.
- (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
verb
- place in a chamber
- (transitive) To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
- (transitive) To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
- (martial arts, transitive) To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
- To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
- (transitive) To enclose in a room.
noun
- a room used primarily for sleeping
- a room where a judge transacts business
- a natural or artificial enclosed space
- an enclosed volume in the body
- a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly
- Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
- (figuratively) The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
- One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
- The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
- The private office of a judge.
- (biology) An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
- (firearms) The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
- (UK) A single law office in a building housing several.
- (firearms) One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
- A bedroom.
- The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
- (historical) A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
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adj
- preserved in a pot or can or jar
- of plants; planted or grown in a pot
- (British informal) summarized or abridged
- (of a plant) Grown or planted in a plant pot.
- (slang) Drunk.
- (of a biographical or historical account) Expressed in a relatively short, brief form.
- (informal) Prepared in advance, as though preserved by potting.