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pot

40 1.0
The amount of food or drink in a pot
  • noun
  • /pɑt/
: olla
  • Everyone drank coffee, and after one pot was made, another was quickly started.
  • a pot of coffee

Did I have more caffeine or say, OK, pot of tea, that's probably enough.

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Examples

  • When you get to the kitchen in the morning, look in the largest stock pot.

  • With a steady hand, he reached over to a pot and poured himself another cup of tea.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Junior steps over the body, holding a pot of coffee in his hand.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • You all get comfortable and I'll make a pot of hot coffee.

  • And this is a huge pot of salad.

  • I actually make a big pot of red sauce every Sunday.

  • I still say you make a hell of a pot of beans.

  • Instead, she'd made a pot of spaghetti large enough to last a whole week.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • At a loss, Elizabeth goes for the coffee pot, pours a cup for Louise and one for herself.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I'll put a pot of spaghetti on the stove for dinner.

Synonyms

potful
vspot
1 1.9

An amount that fills a pot

is the identical sense but given as the container term
kettleful
vspot
1 3.8

An amount of water that fills a kettle

refers to the same idea but for a more general cooking container

Idioms

to stir the pot
  • Informal
13 8.0

To cause trouble by saying things to make people argue

To say someone has a fault you also have

to go to pot
  • Informal
3 8.2

To become ruined or not cared for

1 9.9

Tell someone in a rude way to decide now or stop wasting time

1 7.2

To make people stay interested and active in a project

1 9.3

A person who slowly fails to notice danger until it is too late

Compounds

28 2.4

A large piece of beef slow cooked in liquid in a covered pot with vegetables like carrots and potatoes

melting pot
  • Informal
22 3.5

A place where people from different cultures mix and become one community

pot of gold
  • Informal
18 4.1

A reward that someone hopes to get but finds hard to reach

12 3.5

An electric pot that cooks food slowly at low heat

8 2.8

A green plant people grow in a pot indoors to make a room look nicer

5 3.2

An electric pot that cooks food slowly for several hours

4 3.5

An amount of money saved or collected for a purpose

hot pot
  • UK
3 2.7

A stew of meat and potatoes cooked slowly in a covered pot

pot farm
  • NSFW
2 8.1

A place where people often secretly grow marijuana

1 3.5

A basket placed in the sea to catch lobsters

1 4.6

A container made of strong heatproof material to make metal liquid

1 7.0

A mild soft white cheese that comes from milk curds, often used as a spread or in cooking

1 1.4

A small container with holes for sprinkling pepper onto food

1 7.9

Liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat that is used as a base for soup

1 1.3

A container with a handle and a spout used to sprinkle water on plants

1 9.9

A long feeling of being sorry for yourself and thinking only about your problems

1 8.5

A French stew of beef and vegetables slowly cooked in water or broth

pot metal
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Cheap mix of metals used to make low-cost items like pots

1 3.4

A dish cooked slowly in a slow cooker

1 9.9

A tasty liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat

1 3.5

A coffee pot that makes coffee by letting hot water slowly pass through ground coffee

1 7.2

A thick spicy soup with vegetables and cow stomach often served with dumplings

1 8.5

A small cruel government that controls people and seems foolish

1 5.8

A common garden plant with bright yellow or orange flowers

pot furnace
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A large oven with several pots for melting glass

1 6.9

A small aromatic garden herb used to flavor food like tomato sauce

dash-pot
  • Specialized
9.6

A device with a piston that moves through liquid or air to slow sudden movement in machines

refractory pot
  • Specialized
9.9

A small heatproof bowl made of bone ash to separate metals like gold or silver during testing

A spicy soup with cow tripe, vegetables, and pepper often with dumplings

pot-girl
  • Archaic
9.9

A woman who works in an inn serving customers and cleaning pots

tin-pot business
  • Offensive
7.5

A small, badly run company that seems unimportant

8.4

An unimportant suggestion that people do not take seriously

tin-pot operation
  • Offensive
7.9

A small badly run business or group that seems unimportant

How Much

bucketful
3 1.8
pot
40 1.0
handful
88 1.0
trace
498 3.3

Surface Forms

pot singular
pots plural

Etymology

Pot can also mean the 'contents' inside a container, an idea born from talking about what is in the cooking pot. That's why we say 'a pot of coffee' to mean the coffee that fills the pot.