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pot

UK/pɒt/ US/pɑt/ common slang uk
noun (9) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.
3.

the quantity contained in a pot

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4.

a container in which plants are cultivated

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5.

(often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent

  • “a batch of letters”
  • “a deal of trouble”
  • “a lot of money”
  • “he made a mint on the stock market”
  • “it must have cost plenty”
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6.

the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

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7.
8.

a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

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9.

verb

1.

plant in a pot

  • “He potted the palm”

Origin

From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot (“pot”) (probably from Frankish *pott); both Old English and Frankish from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”).

Phrases

  • a chicken in every pot
  • a little pot is soon hot
  • a watched pot never boils
  • a watched pot never boils over
  • bean pot
  • beauty won't make the pot boil
  • bedja pot
  • bough pot
  • pot on

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