Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pot

9 senses of pot

Sense 1
pot -- (metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid)
       => cooking utensil, cookware -- (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)
       => vessel -- (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Sense 2
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne -- (a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination)
       => plumbing fixture -- (a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building)

Sense 3
pot, potful -- (the quantity contained in a pot)
       => containerful -- (the quantity that a container will hold)

Sense 4
pot, flowerpot -- (a container in which plants are cultivated)
       => container -- (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Sense 5
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad -- ((often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money")
       => large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount -- (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Sense 6
pot, jackpot, kitty -- (the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker))
       => stake, stakes, bet, wager -- (the money risked on a gamble)

Sense 7
pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy -- (slang for a paunch)
       => belly, paunch -- (a protruding abdomen)

Sense 8
potentiometer, pot -- (a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets)
       => potential divider, voltage divider -- (resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage)

Sense 9
pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane -- (street names for marijuana)
       => cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja -- (the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pot

1 sense of pot

Sense 1
pot -- (plant in a pot; "He potted the palm")
       => implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant -- (fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum")

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