POT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~t; akin to Middle Low German ~ ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a usually rounded metal or earthen container used chiefly for domestic purposes (as in cooking or for holding liquids or growing plants), ~ful , an enclosed framework of wire, wood, or wicker for catching fish or lobsters, 3. a large amount (as of money), b. the total of the bets at stake at one time, one round in a poker game, the common fund of a group, ~shot , ~belly , ruin , a shot in snooker in which a ball is pocketed, a vessel for urination and defecation: as, toilet 3b, ~ty , II. verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 1616 transitive verb 1. to place in a ~, to pack or preserve (as cooked and chopped meat) in a sealed ~, jar, or can often with aspic, to shoot with a ~shot, to make or shape (earthenware) as a ~ter, to embed (as electronic components) in a container with an insulating or protective material (as plastic), intransitive verb to take a ~shot, III. noun Etymology: perhaps modification of Mexican Spanish ~iguaya Date: 1938 marijuana , IV. abbreviation ~ential, ~entiometer