Pot vs. Saucepan

Potnoun

A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.

Potnoun

Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly

Potnoun

A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.

Potnoun

A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee or teapot.

Potnoun

A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.

Potnoun

A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; a toilet; the lavatory.

Potnoun

A crucible: a melting pot.

Potnoun

A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobsterpot.

Potnoun

A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.

Potnoun

A perforated cask for draining sugar.

Potnoun

(obsolete) An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.

Potnoun

A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).

Potnoun

(slang) Ruin or deterioration.

Potnoun

(historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.

Potnoun

(rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.

Potnoun

(gambling) 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.

Potnoun

A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.

Potnoun

(sports) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket in cue sports such as billiards.

Potnoun

(slang) nodot=a: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.

Potnoun

(slang) nodot=a: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.

Potnoun

A plaster cast.

Potnoun

(historical) nodot=a: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

Potnoun

Marijuana

Potnoun

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.

Potnoun

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Potverb

To put (something) into a pot.

Potverb

To preserve by bottling or canning.

Potverb

(cue sports) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.

Potverb

(cue sports) To be capable of being potted.

Potverb

(transitive) To shoot with a firearm.

Potverb

To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.

Potverb

To secure; gain; win; bag.

Potverb

(British) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.

Potverb

To tipple; to drink.

Potverb

(transitive) To drain.

Potverb

To seat a person, usually a young child, onto a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.

Potverb

To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.

Potnoun

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.

Potnoun

An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

Potnoun

The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.

Potnoun

A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.

Potnoun

A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.

Potnoun

A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.

Potnoun

A perforated cask for draining sugar.

Potnoun

A size of paper. See Pott.

Potnoun

marijuana.

Potnoun

The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool;

Potnoun

A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; - called also pot helmet.

Potnoun

The total of the bets at one time; the pool.

Potverb

To place or inclose in pots

Potverb

To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.

Potverb

To secure; gain; win; bag.

Potverb

To tipple; to drink.

Potverb

To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.

Potnoun

metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

Potnoun

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Potnoun

the quantity contained in a pot

Potnoun

a container in which plants are cultivated

Potnoun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Potnoun

the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

Potnoun

slang terms for a paunch

Potnoun

a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

Potnoun

street names for marijuana

Potverb

plant in a pot;

Saucepannoun

A deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.

Saucepannoun

A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.

Saucepannoun

a deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling