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pot-trained

pot-trained

7.0
Can use the toilet instead of wearing diapers
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɑtˌtreɪnd/
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  • Our daughter was pot-trained by the time she was two and a half years old.

Examples

  • The daycare only accepts pot-trained toddlers.

  • Some parents find it challenging to get their children pot-trained before preschool starts.

  • My son is pot-trained now.

  • Is your daughter pot-trained yet?

  • Our daughter was pot-trained by the time she was two and a half years old.

  • Some parents find it challenging to get their children pot-trained before preschool starts.

  • The daycare only accepts pot-trained toddlers.

Synonyms

potty-trained
vspot-trained
15 3.0

Able to use the toilet instead of a diaper

is the same meaning but is the alternate form
toilet-trained
vspot-trained
3 3.3

Can use the toilet instead of a diaper

is limited to children rather than animals
house-trained
vspot-trained
1 2.5

Trained to go to the toilet outside or in a set place

is focused on child learning to use an indoor toilet

Antonyms

31 3.4

Having no teaching or practice to do a task well

How Toilet-Trained

pot-trained
7.0
in diapers
  • US
15 1.5

Surface Forms

pot-trained positive

Morphology

pot-trained = trained (transparent) = train + ed

Formed by prefixing 'pot-' (referring to a child's potty) to 'trained' (past participle of 'train'), yielding the clear meaning 'trained to use the pot'.

Etymology

Pot-trained comes from pot meaning 'small potty' and trained meaning 'taught'. So, to be pot-trained is to have been taught to use a small potty instead of diapers.