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

She was cleaning the coffee pot and Alex was reclining in a chair at the table, enjoying the last cup of coffee.

It might get the pot boiling a bit.

She stirred the pot of stew and stepped away from the fire.

She made a pot and drank most of it.

Supposing the pot to be filled with melted lead to be treated, the fire is withdrawn beneath and steam introduced.

She rinsed the pot again before responding.

I just made a new pot.

She refilled the coffee pot and set another mug on the table.

Instead, he went to the kitchen and made a pot of coffee.

Alex was lifting a pot of coffee from the stove when she entered the room.

The coffee pot busted?

She put on a pot of coffee and called him to eat.

She wiped the pot with a dishtowel and carefully placed it on the coffee maker.

Alex replaced the pot on the burner and resumed his place at the table.

She was two years old - ready for the pot, anyway.

Carmen gave him a level look as she stirred the pot of fresh green beans.

Pans and pot are heated from separate fire-places.

You'll dig up your pot of money and take it away with you....

I can't grow a marigold in a pot of fertilizer and these poor things don't even have soil!

It took a pot and a half of coffee and a lot of patience before Dean learned just how complicated the Scranton excursion and return trip had been.

Dean forced a pot full of evil thoughts about the beanpole bas­tard Edwin Mayer aside in deference to his concern over Cynthia's whereabouts.

He handed the horses over to the soldier who was stirring the pot and squatted down on his heels by the fire beside the officer with the long neck.

Elegant liliaceous plants, with rhizomatous stems. P. multiflorum (Solomon's Seal), 2 to 3 ft., with arching stems, and drooping white flowers from the leaf axils, is a handsome border plant, doing especially well in partial shade amongst shrubs, and also well adapted for pot culture for early forcing.

As they become large enough, pot them singly in 3-in.

The various pot plants should now be put in their winter quarters.

The last of the pot chrysanthemums should be housed by the end of the first week.

In the first of these senses the word is applied to objects ranging from the unworked stone to the pot or the wooden figure, and is thus hardly distinguishable from idolatry.

Natal has now about 5000 acres under tea giving a fairly large yield, but of quality pot highly esteemed outside of South Africa, where it benefits to the extent of 4d.

In the same and the following years he published a collected edition of his Plays for an Irish Theatre, comprising Where There is Nothing, The HourGlass, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The Pot of Broth, The King's Threshold and On Baile's Strand.

This requires more time and fuel than the work in " open " furnaces, but in the muffles the gaseous hydrochloric acid is separated from the fire-gases, just like that evolved in the pot, and can therefore be condensed into strong hydrochloric acid, like the pot-acid.

An ancient stone vessel preserved in a mosque at Kandahar is almost certainly the same that was treasured at Peshawar in the 5th century as the begging pot of SakyaMuni.

The use for which the pot was intended and the purport of the inscription have been much disputed, there being at least as many interpretations as there are words in the inscription.

If a force be applied to a turning piece in a line pot passing through its axis, the axis will press against its bearings with an equal and parallel force, and the equal and opposite reaction of the bearings will constitute, together with the first-mentioned force, a couple whose arm is the perpendicular distance from the axis to the line of action of the first force.

The rice will get heated in the pot with the jambalaya anyway so why drive yourself nuts?

You will need a Dutch oven or any deep pan or pot will work just as well.

Since you will not be putting it in the oven a large pot with a lid will do.

Heat the oil in the pot over a high flame until it shimmers.

Add the sausage to the pot and brown on all sides.

Bring to a simmer and then cover the pot.

Add the chicken and the sausage back to the pot along with any of the juices that has collected on the plate.

Think along the lines of chocolate mousse, pot de crème, or chocolate dipped strawberries.

The history of this cuisine is rich with influences from native and African Americans as well as a melting pot of European contributions.

Grits are added to a pot of boiling water, then cooked over medium to low heat and stirred occasionally.

Turn the phone off, put the skillet on the fire, boil a pot of water, and crank up the oven.

In a large heavy pan (the Japanese use a Chinese pot called a chuka-nabe, which is larger at the surface than at the bottom making it ideal for cooking tempura) heat the oil to 355 degrees Fahrenheit.

Pooh and Friends is a shape cartridge that showcases the same cast of characters, but also offers a "hunny" pot, beehive, and photo frames.

If you can't seem to stop sticking your hand in the savings pot, ask your parents or another trusted adult for help.

In a fondue pot, add contents from the skillet along with the creamy nut paste mixture; stir over low heat until mixture is thickened.

You can also make your own seitan at home for pennies a serving, forming it into such American cuisine favorites as pot roast.

The gravel inside the lucky bamboo pot can add a great decorative accent to the favor.