n A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
n Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
n A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
n A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
n A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
n (archaic except in fixed expressions) A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory.
n A crucible: a melting pot.
n A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
n A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
n A perforated cask for draining sugar.
n (obsolete) An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.
n (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
n (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
n A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
n (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
n (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
n (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
n (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
n (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
n An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
n (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
n (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
v To put (something) into a pot.
v To preserve by bottling or canning.
v (snooker, pool, billiards) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
v (snooker, pool, billiards) To be capable of being potted.
v (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
v (intransitive, dated) To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
v (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
v (Britain) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
v (obsolete, dialect, UK) To tipple; to drink.
v (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
v (transitive, Britain) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
v (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
v To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
v (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
n (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
n (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
v (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
n (slang) Clipping of potbelly: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch. [A large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]]
n (slang) Clipping of potshot: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot. [A shot taken at an easy or random target.]
n (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches. [An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.]
n (roleplaying games, video games) Clipping of potion. [A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.]