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Noun pot has 9 senses

pot - metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
--₁ is a kind of cooking utensil, cookware; vessel
--₁ has particulars:
caldron, cauldron; coffeepot; dixie; Dutch oven; kettle, boiler; marmite; pottle; saucepot; stockpot; teapot; urn
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne - a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
--₂ is a kind of plumbing fixture
--₂ is a part of
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom; bathroom, bath
--₂ has parts: toilet bowl; toilet seat
--₂ has particulars:
flushless toilet; flush toilet, lavatory; potty seat, potty chair
pot, potful - the quantity contained in a pot
--₃ is a kind of containerful
pot, flowerpot - a container in which plants are cultivated
--₄ is a kind of container
--₄ has particulars: planter
Derived form: verb pot₁
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
--₅ is a kind of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
--₅ has particulars: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
pot, jackpot, kitty - the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
--₆ is a kind of stake, stakes, bet, wager
pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy - slang terms for a paunch
--₇ is a kind of belly, paunch
potentiometer, pot - a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
--₈ is a kind of potential divider, voltage divider
pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane - street names for marijuana
--₉ is a kind of cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja

Verb pot has 1 sense

pot - plant in a pot; "He potted the palm"
--₁ is one way to implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant

Derived form: noun pot₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something