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1Pot — may refer to: Containers * Flowerpot, a container for growing plants * Cooking pot * Chamber pot * Pot (poker) * Pot glass, a kind of beer glass * Pot haircut, looking as though someone put a bowl on the head and cut off all the visible hair *… …
2put a quart into a pint pot — put a quart into a pint ˈpot idiom (BrE) to put sth into a space that is too small for it • Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot. Main entry: ↑quartidiom …
3pot — pot1 [pät] n. [ME < OE pott, akin to Du & Fr pot < ML pottus < VL potus, drinking cup < L, a drink < potare: see POTABLE] 1. a round vessel of any size, made of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, cooking or… …
4pot´ter|ing|ly — pot|ter1 «POT uhr», noun. a person who makes pots, dishes, or vases out of clay. ╂[Old English pottere < pott pot + ere er1] pot|ter2 «POT uhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb. to keep busy in a rather useless way; putter: »She potters… …
5pot´ter|er — pot|ter1 «POT uhr», noun. a person who makes pots, dishes, or vases out of clay. ╂[Old English pottere < pott pot + ere er1] pot|ter2 «POT uhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb. to keep busy in a rather useless way; putter: »She potters… …
6pot|ter — pot|ter1 «POT uhr», noun. a person who makes pots, dishes, or vases out of clay. ╂[Old English pottere < pott pot + ere er1] pot|ter2 «POT uhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb. to keep busy in a rather useless way; putter: »She potters… …
7put someone's pot on — (Aust informal) 1. To inform on someone, give someone away 2. To undo or finish someone • • • Main Entry: ↑pot …
8put|ty — put|ty1 «PUHT ee», noun, plural ties, verb, tied, ty|ing. –n. 1. a soft mixture of powdered chalk and linseed oil, used for fastening panes of glass in window frames and for filling cracks and holes in woodwork. Putty slowly hardens after it is… …
9pot up — To put (a plant) into a pot • • • Main Entry: ↑pot …
10pot|ted — «POT ihd», adjective. 1. put into a pot: »a potted plant. 2. cooked and preserved in pots or cans: »potted beef. 3. Slang, Figurative. drunk; intoxicated. 4. British Slang. a) …
