pot

pot1 [ pat ] noun **

1. ) count a deep round metal container used for cooking food in on a STOVE:

a set of pots and pans

a ) a container used for making or serving hot drinks

b ) MAINLY BRITISH a container made of glass or clay that is used for storing food, especially liquids: JAR

c ) a container that you grow plants in

d ) the amount of liquid or food that a pot contains:

We drank three pots of tea in an afternoon.

2. ) singular an amount of money that people share or compete for, especially in a card game

a ) AMERICAN INFORMAL money collected from all the members in a group for a common purpose

3. ) uncount INFORMAL MARIJUANA

go to pot INFORMAL

if something goes to pot, it loses all of its good qualities because no one takes care of it:

The house has been going to pot for years.

keep the pot boiling INFORMAL

to keep people interested in something such as an idea or plan

not have a pot to piss in IMPOLITE

used for saying you are very poor

the pot calling the kettle black INFORMAL

used for saying that someone is criticizing another person for a fault that they also have

a pot of gold INFORMAL

a large amount of money, especially money that you get because of good luck

pot

pot 2 [ pat ] verb transitive

1. ) if you pot a plant, you put it in a container with soil so that it will grow there

2. ) to cook and store food in a SEALED container in order to preserve it

3. ) to shoot and kill an animal

4. ) to hit a ball into a hole in a game of POOL or BILLIARDS