noun
1 for cooking
ADJECTIVE
▪ cooking
VERB + POT
▪ cover
▪
Cook gently in a covered ~ for 3–4 hours.
▪ stir
POT + VERB
▪ boil , bubble
▪
He could hear the ~ bubbling on the stove.
POT + NOUN
▪ pie ( AmE )
▪ roast
PREPOSITION
▪ for the ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
Local people kill these animals for the ~ ( = to eat ).
▪ in a/the ~ , into a/the ~
▪
Put all the ingredients in a large ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of soup
PHRASES
▪ ~s and pans
▪
I sat in the kitchen, among the dirty ~s and pans.
2 for tea/coffee
ADJECTIVE
▪ steaming
▪ fresh
▪ coffee , tea (usually teapot )
VERB + POT
▪ brew , make , put on
▪
I'll make a fresh ~ of tea.
▪ fill
▪
She filled the ~ with boiling water.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Is there any more tea in the ~?
▪ ~ of
3 container for storing things, growing plants, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ ceramic , clay , earthenware , iron , plastic , terracotta
▪ flower , plant
▪ paint , pepper ( esp. BrE ) (usually pepper shaker in AmE )
▪ chamber
▪ chimney
▪ lobster
VERB + POT
▪ grow sth in , plant sth in
▪ fill
POT + VERB
▪ be filled with sth , be full of sth , contain sth
▪
a clay ~ full of oil
POT + NOUN
▪ plant ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ , into a/the ~
▪
Plants in ~s require more water than you might think.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of glue ( BrE )
▪
a ~ of geraniums