pots: betydning og definisjoner

Any of various usually domestic containers made of pottery, metal, or glass, as: A round, fairly deep cooking vessel with a handle and often a lid. A short round container for storing or serving food: a jam pot; a mustard pot. A coffeepot. A teapot.

Such a container and its contents: a pot of stew; brewed a pot of coffee. A potful.

A large drinking cup; a tankard. A drink of liquor contained in such a cup.

An artistic or decorative ceramic vessel of any shape.

A flowerpot.

Something, such as a chimney pot or chamber pot, that resembles a round cooking vessel in appearance or function.

A trap for eels, other fish, or crustaceans, typically consisting of a wicker or wire basket or cage.

Games The total amount staked by all the players in one hand in cards. The area on a card table where stakes are placed. A shot in billiards or related games intended to send a ball into a pocket.

Informal A common fund to which members of a group contribute.

often Informal A large amount: lost a pot of cash in the stock market crash; made pots of money on their investment.

Informal A potshot.

Informal A potbelly.

Informal A potty or toilet.

See potentiometer.

To place or plant in a pot: pot a geranium.

To preserve (food) in a pot.

To cook in a pot.

To shoot (game) for food rather than for sport.

Informal To shoot with a potshot.

Informal To win or capture; bag.

Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket.

Informal To take a potshot.

To make or shape objects from clay, as on a potter's wheel.