pot
/pɑt/ noun B1- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
- The nominal household cooking vessel, metaphorically standing for the supply of food for a meal, or for the home.
- A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
- A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee pot or teapot.
- A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
- A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory. · Shit or get off the pot.
- A crucible: a melting pot.
- A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
Plural pots
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The fact was, that Andrea, at war with society ever since his youth, was quite as deep as a gendarme, even though he were advanced to the rank of brigadier, and quite prepared for the fire, he had climbed out on the roof and was crouching down against the chimney-pots.
“Oz keeps a great pot of courage in his Throne Room,” said the man, “which he has covered with a golden plate, to keep it from running over.
## The Flies and the Honey-Pot
## The Two Pots
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