Word Finder - pot

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A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.

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• cooking pot
• cookpot

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Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly

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Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot

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Ruin or deterioration.

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After his arrest, his prospects went to pot.

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An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.

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A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.

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The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; any sum of money being used as an enticement.

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• kitty
• pool

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A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.

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A plaster cast.

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To put (something) into a pot.

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to pot a plant

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To preserve by bottling or canning.

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potted meat

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To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.

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To be capable of being potted.

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The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.

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To shoot with a firearm.

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To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.

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To secure; gain; win; bag.

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To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.

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To tipple; to drink.

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To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.

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To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.

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To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.

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Marijuana

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A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.

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A large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch.

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A potbelly stove.

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A Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig.

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A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.

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He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.

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A shot taken at an easy or random target.

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Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.

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An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

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pott paper