(~s, ~ting, ~ted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a deep round container used for cooking stews, soups, and other food.
...metal cooking ~s.
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A ~ of stew, soup, or other food is an amount of it contained in a ~.
He was stirring a ~ of soup.
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2.
You can use ~ to refer to a tea~ or coffee ~.
There’s tea in the ~.
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A ~ of tea or coffee is an amount of it contained in a ~.
He spilt a ~ of coffee.
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3.
A ~ is a cylindrical container for jam, paint, or some other thick liquid.
Hundreds of jam ~s lined her scrubbed shelves.
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A ~ of jam, paint, or some other thick liquid is an amount of it contained in a ~.
...a ~ of red paint.
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4.
A ~ is the same as a flower~ .
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5.
If you ~ a young plant, or part of a plant, you put it into a container filled with soil, so it can grow there.
Pot the cuttings individually.
...~ted plants.
VERB: V n, V-ed
6.
Pot is sometimes used to refer to the drugs cannabis and marijuana. (INFORMAL)
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7.
In the games of snooker and billiards, if you ~ a ball, you succeed in hitting it into one of the pockets.
He did not ~ a ball for the next two frames.
VERB: V n
8.
see also ~ted , chamber ~ , chimney ~ , coffee ~ , lobster ~ , melting ~ , plant ~
9.
If you take ~ luck, you decide to do something even though you do not know what you will get as a result.
If you haven’t made an appointment, take ~ luck and knock on the door...
He scorns the ‘~-luck’ approach.
PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR n