pot
English
/pɒt/, /pɑt/
noun
Definitions
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
- Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
- (slang) Ruin or deterioration.
- (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- (gambling) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other game of games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
- (UK) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- (slang) : a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.
- (slang) : a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.
- (chiefly) A plaster cast.
- (historical) (alt form) pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pot inherited from Old English pott (a pot, pot) derived from Old French pot (pot) derived from Frankish *pott inherited from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (pot, jar, tub) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (a type of vessel).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*budnós
Gloss
a type of vessel
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ale English
- antipot English
- bank English
- bean English
- beanpot English
- bellied English
- belly English
- bound English
- boy English
- cake English
- coal English
- coalpot English
- cook English
- cookpot English
- crack English
- crackpot English
- crackpotitude English
- crackpotology English
- crackpottery English
- crock English
- crockpot English
- dash English
- dashpot English
- dye English
- dyepot English
- eel English
- eelpot English
- fire English
- firepot English
- fish English
- fishpot English
- flash English
- flashpot English
- flesh English
- fleshpot English
- fleshpottery English
- flower English
- flowerpot English
- fuck English
- fuckpot English
- fuss English
- fusspot English
- fusspottery English
- glue English
- gluepot English
- gun English
- hanger English
- herb English
- hodgepodge English
- hodgepodgery English
- holder English
- hole English
- honey English
- honey-pot ant English
- honeypot English
- hook English
- hot English
- hotch English
- hotpot English
- house English
- hunter English
- hunting English
- ink English
- inkpot English
- jam English
- jampot English
- lick English
- lickpot English
- lid English
- line English
- luck English
- marigold English
- match English
- matchpot English
- overpot English
- pate English
- pie English
- piss English
- pisspot English
- pot marigold English
- pot-bound English
- pot-house English
- potaholic English
- potale English
- potbank English
- potbellied English
- potbelly English
- potboy English
- potcake English
- potful English
- potgun English
- pothanger English
- pothead English
- potherb English
- potholder English
- pothole English
- potholed English
- potholer English
- potholing English
- pothook English
- pothunter English
- pothunting English
- potless English
- potlessness English
- potlid English
- potlike English
- potline English
- potluck English
- potman English
- potpie English
- potsherd English
- potshot English
- potstick English
- potstone English
- pottable English
- potter English
- potterer English
- potteress English
- pottily English
- pottiness English
- pottress English
- potty English
- potworm English
- puttier English
- putty English
- puttyish English
- puttyless English
- puttylike English
- puttyroot English
- quart English
- quart-pot English
- reel English
- reel-pot English
- repot English
- rum English
- rumpot English
- sauce English
- saucepot English
- sex English
- sexpot English
- sherd English
- shit English
- shitpot English
- shot English
- stew English
- stewpot English
- stick English
- sticker English
- stink English
- stinkpot English
- stock English
- stockpot English
- stone English
- sulk English
- sulkpot English
- swank English
- swankpot English
- swill English
- swill-pot English
- tar English
- tarpot English
- tea English
- teapot English
- teapotlike English
- thumb English
- thumbpot English
- toss English
- tosspot English
- tram English
- trampot English
- try English
- try pot English
- underpot English
- unpot English
- wash English
- washpot English
- water English
- waterpot English
- white English
- whitepot English
- worm English
- jättipotti Finnish
- lihapotti Finnish
- peukalopotti Finnish
- potta Finnish
- potti Finnish
- pääpotti Finnish
- sivupotti Finnish
- pottum Latin
- Pott German
- Ruhrpott German
- potthässlich German
- bloempot Dutch, Flemish
- brompot Dutch, Flemish
- doofpot Dutch, Flemish
- fooienpot Dutch, Flemish
- gemeenschapspot Dutch, Flemish
- hutspot Dutch, Flemish
- knalpot Dutch, Flemish
- knorrepot Dutch, Flemish
- koffiepot Dutch, Flemish
- kookpot Dutch, Flemish
- likkepot Dutch, Flemish
- lollepot Dutch, Flemish
- nachtpot Dutch, Flemish
- oppotten Dutch, Flemish
- pispot Dutch, Flemish
- pot Dutch, Flemish
- potboef Dutch, Flemish
- potlood Dutch, Flemish
- potplant Dutch, Flemish
- pottenbakker Dutch, Flemish
- potteus Dutch, Flemish
- potvis Dutch, Flemish
- spaarpot Dutch, Flemish
- stamppot Dutch, Flemish
- theepot Dutch, Flemish
- potée French
- pote Spanish, Castilian
- *budn- Proto-Indo-European
- *budnós Proto-Indo-European
- *puttaz Proto-Germanic
- potta Swedish
- パテ Japanese
- pot Old English
- pott Old English
- hochepoche Middle English
- pot Middle English
- pot stik Middle English
- pot-sherd Middle English
- potage Middle English
- potell Middle English
- potful Middle English
- potte Middle English
- pottere Middle English
- pyssepotte Middle English
- waterpot Middle English
- pottr Old Norse
- pot Old French
- potage Old French
- potier Old French
- pot Catalan, Valencian
- pottur Icelandic
- pota Galician
- pote Galician
- pot Middle Dutch
- pot Afrikaans
- pot Norman
- pot Middle French
- potswal Old Dutch
- potsticker Chinese
- pot Middle Low German
- *pott Frankish
- itipoti Xhosa
- poto Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- pie
- tea
- try
- gun
- lid
- jam
- dye
- tar
- ale
- rum
- hot
- boy
- ink
- sex
- eel
- glue
- shot
- fuck
- cake
- fish
- stew
- line
- sulk
- fire
- piss
- worm
- dash
- reel
- toss
- lick
- pate
- hook
- shit
- cook
- tram
- luck
- bank
- fuss
- hole
- herb
- coal
- bean
- wash
- swill
- quart
- bound
- unpot
- putty
- swank
- belly
- stone
- flash
- water
- repot
- stock
- white
- potty
- sauce
- flesh
- match
- crock
- sherd
- stick
- stink
- crack
- house
- hotch
- honey
- thumb
- hunter
- holder
- rumpot
- hotpot
- inkpot
- sexpot
- tarpot
- potgun
- hanger
- eelpot
- jampot
- potter
- potpie
- teapot
- potlid
- potboy
- dyepot
- potman
- flower
- potful
- potale
- pisspot
- puttier
- firepot
- potbank
- pothead
- try pot
- lickpot
- potcake
- potworm
- fishpot
- potherb
- overpot
- potluck
- tosspot
- fuckpot
- cookpot
- potlike
- pothook
- pottily
- fusspot
- dashpot
- gluepot
- stewpot
- beanpot
- hunting
- washpot
- trampot
- potshot
- pothole
- potless
- bellied
- sulkpot
- coalpot
- antipot
- potline
- sticker
- shitpot
- puttyish
- potholer
- matchpot
- potstick
- crackpot
- potsherd
- thumbpot
- swankpot
- potholed
- crockpot
- fleshpot
- honeypot
- whitepot
- potterer
- stockpot
- underpot
- pottress
- potbelly
- waterpot
- pottable
- stinkpot
- saucepot
- flashpot
- potstone
- reel-pot
- marigold
- puttyroot
- potaholic
- swill-pot
- potteress
- flowerpot
- puttyless
- potholing
- pot-bound
- quart-pot
- pottiness
- pothanger
- pothunter
- potholder
- pot-house
- puttylike
- hodgepodge
- pothunting
- teapotlike
- potbellied
- potlessness
- fusspottery
- crackpottery
- pot marigold
- fleshpottery
- hodgepodgery
- honey-pot ant
- crackpotitude
- crackpotology