- food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
- a meal, especially for a large group, to which participants bring various foods to be shared.
- whatever is available or comes one's way: With fluctuating interest rates, homebuyers are learning to take potluck with the banks.
- whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- (as modifier)
- whatever is available (esp in the phrase take pot luck)
