pot

pot
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pott; akin to Middle Low German pot pot Date: before 12th century 1. a. a usually rounded metal or earthen container used chiefly for domestic purposes (as in cooking or for holding liquids or growing plants); also any of various technical or industrial vessels or enclosures resembling or likened to a household pot <
the pot of a still
>
b. potful <
a pot of coffee
>
2. an enclosed framework of wire, wood, or wicker for catching fish or lobsters 3. a. a large amount (as of money) b. (1) the total of the bets at stake at one time (2) one round in a poker game c. the common fund of a group 4. potshot 5. potbelly 6. ruin <
gone to pot
>
7. British a shot in snooker in which a ball is pocketed 8. a vessel for urination and defecation: as a. toilet 3b b. potty II. verb (potted; potting) Date: 1616 transitive verb 1. a. to place in a pot b. to pack or preserve (as cooked and chopped meat) in a sealed pot, jar, or can often with aspic 2. to shoot with a potshot 3. to make or shape (earthenware) as a potter 4. to embed (as electronic components) in a container with an insulating or protective material (as plastic) intransitive verb to take a potshot III. noun Etymology: perhaps modification of Mexican Spanish potiguaya Date: 1938 marijuana IV. abbreviation 1. potential 2. potentiometer

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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