Tra từ pot - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pot [pot pots potted potting] noun, verb BrE [pɒt] NAmE [pɑːt]
noun

FOR COOKING
1. countable a deep round container used for cooking things in
•pots and pans

CONTAINER
2. countable (especially BrE)a container made of glass, ↑clay or plastic, used for storing food in
•a pot of jam
•a yogurt pot
3. countable (especially in compounds)a container of various kinds, made for a particular purpose
•a coffee pot
•a pepper pot
•a teapot
• Is there any more tea in the pot?
see also ↑chamber pot, ↑chimney pot, ↑flowerpot, ↑lobster pot, ↑melting pot, ↑potted
4. countable the amount contained in a pot
• They drank a pot of coffee.
5. countable a bowl, etc. that is made by a ↑potter

MONEY
6. the potsingular (especially NAmE)the total amount of money that is bet in a card game
7. the potsingular (especially NAmE)all the money given by a group of people in order to do sth together, for example to buy food
see also ↑kitty

DRUG
8. uncountable (informal) = ↑marijuana
•pot smoking

SHOT
9. countable = ↑potshot
• He took a pot at the neighbour's cat with his air rifle.

IN BILLIARDS, ETC.
10. countable (in the game of ↑billiards, ↑pool or ↑snooker)the act of hitting a ball into one of the pockets around the edge of the table

STOMACH
11. countable (informal) = ↑pot belly
more at a crock/pot of gold at ↑gold _n., in the melting pot at ↑melting pot, put a quart into a pint pot at ↑quart, a watched pot never boils at ↑watch _v.

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 7 and n. senses 10 to 11 v. late Old English pott Middle English Old French pot late Latin potus ‘drinking cup’ n. sense 8 1930s Mexican Spanish potiguaya ‘cannabis leaves’ n. sense 9 1950s ↑potshot

Thesaurus:
pot noun
1. C (especially AmE)
•A large pot was simmering on the stove.
pan • • saucepan • • casserole • • cauldron •
a pot/pan/saucepan of sth
a large pot/pan/saucepan/casserole/cauldron
a heavy pot/pan/saucepan/casserole
Pot, pan or saucepan? Pan is the most general of these words. Saucepan can be used for a deep pan with a long handle and a lid. Pot is often preferred in American English for a deep pan, either with two short handles or no handles at all; it is usually used in compounds or in the phrase a pot of sth. Pots and pans means several different containers that you use to cook food
•I washed all the pots and pans after dinner.
2. C (especially BrE)
•a pot of jam/honey/yogurt
jar • • tub •
open a pot/jar/tub
a pot/jar/tub contains sth

Example Bank:
•Cook gently in a covered pot for 3–4 hours.
•He could hear the pot bubbling on the stove.
•I sat in the kitchen, among the dirty pots and pans.
•I'll make a fresh pot of tea.
•Local people kill these animals for the pot.
•Plants in pots require more water than you might think.
•Put all the ingredients in a large pot.
•She filled the pot with boiling water.
•The waiter brought over a steaming pot brimming with seafood.
•a clay pot full of oil
•a pot of glue/jam
•A large stock pot was simmering on the stove.
•She made a pot of strong coffee.
•The newly made pots are glazed when they are completely dry.
•a flower pot
•a pepper pot
•a pot of jam/honey/yogurt
•an empty yogurt pot
Idioms: ↑go to pot ▪ ↑pot calling the kettle black ▪ ↑pot luck ▪ ↑pots of money

verb (-tt-)

PLANT
1. ~ sth to put a plant into a ↑flowerpot filled with soil

IN BILLIARDS, ETC.
2. ~ sth (in the games of ↑billiards, ↑pool and ↑snooker)to hit a ball into one of the pockets (= holes at the corners and edges of the table)
Syn: ↑pocket
•He potted the black to take a 7–3 lead.

SHOOT
3. ~ sth to kill an animal or a bird by shooting it
see also ↑potted
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 7 and n. senses 10 to 11 v. late Old English pott Middle English Old French pot late Latin potus ‘drinking cup’ n. sense 8 1930s Mexican Spanish potiguaya ‘cannabis leaves’ n. sense 9 1950s ↑potshot