pot

Universal Words noun, verb noun for cooking 1 [C] a deep round, usually metal, container used for cooking things in: pots and pans container 2 [C] (especially BrE) a container made of glass, clay or plastic, used for storing food in: a pot of jam / honey * a yogurt pot 3 [C] (especially in compounds) a container of various kinds, made for a particular purpose: a coffee pot * a pepper pot * a teapot * Is there any more tea in the pot? seealsoCHAMBERPOT, CHIMNEYPOT, FLOWERPOT, LOBSTERPOT, MELTINGPOT, POTTED 4 [C] the amount contained in a pot: They drank a pot of coffee. 5 [C] a bowl, etc. that is made by a POTTER money 6 (the pot) [sing.] (especially AmE) the total amount of money that is bet in a card game 7 (the pot) [sing.] (especially AmE) all the money given by a group of people in order to do sth together, for example to buy food seealsoKITTY drug 8 [U] (informal) = MARIJUANA: pot smoking shot 9 [C] = POTSHOT: He took a pot at the neighbour's cat with his air rifle. in billiards, etc. 10 [C] (in the game of BILLIARDS, POOL or SNOOKER) the act of hitting a ball into one of the pockets around the edge of the table stomach 11 [C] (informal) = POTBELLY IDIOMS go to pot (informal) to be spoiled because people are not working hard or taking care of things the pot calling the kettle black (saying, informal) used to say that you should not criticize sb for a fault that you have yourself pot luck when you take pot luck, you choose sth or go somewhere without knowing very much about it, but hope that it will be good, pleasant, etc: It's pot luck whether you get good advice or not. * You're welcome to stay to supper, but you'll have to take pot luck (= eat whatever is available). seealsoPOTLUCK pots of money (BrE, informal) a very large amount of money moreatGOLDn., MELTINGPOT, QUART verb (-tt-) [VN] plant 1 to put a plant into a FLOWERPOT filled with soil in billiards, etc. 2 (in the games of BILLIARDS, POOL and SNOOKER) to hit a ball into one of the pockets (= holes at the corners and edges of the table) SYNPOCKET: He potted the black to take a 73 lead. shoot 3 to kill an animal or a bird by shooting it seealsoPOTTED