1. a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
2. such a container with its contents: a pot of stew.
3. the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful.
4. a flowerpot.
5. a container of liquor or other drink: a pot of ale.
6. liquor or other drink.
7. a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire.
8. a chamber pot.
9. Metallurgy.
• a vessel for melting metal; melting pot.
• an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
10. British.
• a chimney pot.
• a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier.
11. a large sum of money.
12. all the money bet at a single time; pool.
13. (in horse racing) the favorite.
14. a potshot.
15. a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart.
16. Armor.
• an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century.
• any open helmet.
17. a potbelly.

18. to put into a pot.
19. to preserve (food) in a pot.
20. to cook in a pot.
21. to transplant into a pot: We must pot the petunias.
22. Hunting.
• to shoot (game birds) on the ground or water, or (game animals) at rest, instead of in flight or running: He can't even pot a sitting duck.
• to shoot for food, not for sport.
23. to capture, secure, or win.

24. to take a potshot; shoot.

25. to become ruined; deteriorate: With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot.
26. to promote instability or conflict, as by taunting, encouraging, or otherwise provoking the participants in an ongoing disagreement: Trolls on Twitter just want to stir the pot.
27. sweeten (def. 8).

1. marijuana.

1. a deep hole; pit.

1. potential.
2. potentiometer.

1. a container made of earthenware, glass, or similar material; usually round and deep, often having a handle and lid, used for cooking and other domestic purposes
2. short for flowerpot, teapot
3. the amount that a pot will hold; potful
4. a chamber pot, esp a small one designed for a baby or toddler
5. a handmade piece of pottery
6. a large mug or tankard, as for beer
7. any of various measures used for serving beer
8. a cup or trophy, esp of silver, awarded as a prize in a competition
9. the money or stakes in the pool in gambling games, esp poker
10. a large amount, esp of money
11. a wicker trap for catching fish, esp crustaceans
12. a shot by which a ball is pocketed
13. mainly British short for chimneypot
14. a joint fund created by a group of individuals or enterprises and drawn upon by them for specified purposes
15. hunting See pot shot
16. See potbelly
17. to go to ruin; deteriorate

18. to set (a plant) in a flowerpot to grow
19. to put or preserve (goods, meat, etc) in a pot
20. to cook (food) in a pot
21. to shoot (game) for food rather than for sport
22. to shoot (game birds or animals) while they are on the ground or immobile rather than flying or running
23. to shoot casually or without careful aim at (an animal, etc)
24. to sit (a baby or toddler) on a chamber pot
25. to shape clay as a potter
26. to pocket (a ball)
27. to capture or win; secure

• a deep hole or pothole
• (capital when part of a name)

1. cannabis used as a drug in any form, such as leaves (marijuana or hemp) or resin (hashish)

1. informal short for potentiometer

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