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

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