a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.

such a container with its contents

a pot of stew.

the amount contained in or held by a pot; potful.

a flowerpot.

a container of liquor or other drink

a pot of ale.

liquor or other drink.

a cagelike vessel for trapping fish, lobsters, eels, etc., typically made of wood, wicker, or wire. Compare lobster pot .

a chamber pot.

Metallurgy .

a vessel for melting metal; melting pot.

an electrolytic cell for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.

British .

chimney pot.

Dialect . a basket or box used for carrying provisions or the like; a pannier.

Slang . a large sum of money.

all the money bet at a single time; pool.

British Slang . (in horse racing) the favorite.

potshot.

a liquid measure, usually equal to a pint or quart.

Armor .

an open, broad-brimmed helmet of the 17th century.

any open helmet.

Slang . a potbelly.

to put into a pot.

to preserve (food) in a pot.

to cook in a pot.

to transplant into a pot

We must pot the petunias.

Hunting .

to shoot (game birds) on the ground or water, or (game animals) at rest, instead of in flight or running

He can't even pot a sitting duck.

to shoot for food, not for sport.

Informal . to capture, secure, or win.

Informal . to take a potshot; shoot. ?

go to pot

to become ruined; deteriorate

With no one to care for it, the lovely old garden went to pot.

sweeten the pot. sweeten ( def. 8 ) .

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