noun
    
    plural pots
    
    [count] a deep, round container that is used for cooking
    
    
    
    
    
    a container that is used for storing or holding something
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :the amount of something held by a pot - often + of
    
    
    
    [count] informal :a large amount of something - usually + of
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    the pot chiefly US
    
    the total amount of money that can be won in a card game and that is made up of all the bets put together :kitty
    
    
    
    
    
    the total amount of money that has been gathered from many people for some purpose :kitty
    
    
    
    [count] informal :potbelly
    
    usually singular
    
    
    
    [count] informal :toilet
    
    usually singular
    
    
    
    [count] Brit :a shot that causes a ball to fall into a pocket in games like snooker and pool - compare 2pot
    
    a watched pot never boils
    
    
    
    go to pot
    
    informal :to be ruined :to fail
    
    
    
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    [noncount] informal :marijuana
    
    
    
    
    
    verb
    
    pots; potted; potting
    
    [+ obj] to plant (something) in a pot
    
    
    
    Brit :to shoot (a ball) into a pocket in games like snooker and pool
    
    
    
    Brit :to shoot and kill (an animal)