🪴 In a pot 🥫 Preserved food ✂️ Shortened version

potted

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Cooked and kept in a jar or pot to eat later

adjective
/ˈpɑːtɪd/

: en conserva

May I deduce that you who rarely strays from the path that runs from your home to the Diogenes Club and never on a Monday when they serve your favorite potted shrimps must be here for some far more important reason than my stag party?
potted meat

Examples

I don't like potted meat.

Sling Blade (1996)
I'll start with the potted shrimp and nutmeg butter, New England chowder, sweet and sour chicken.
This is potted meat made with chicken.
Potted meat is on special-- four cans for a dollar.

Sling Blade (1996)
Hey, Chicago, why don't you finish this potted shrimp.

The Razor's Edge (1984)
I got some of that potted meat and soda crackers if you want some.

Sling Blade (1996)
Found some potted meat and biscuits and Worcester sauce and...

Cavalcade (1933)
I would like to remind the sweat room that no tinned or potted foods are allowed, except tinned fruit and baked beans without meat.

if.... (1968)
For lunch, he spread some potted meat on crispy toast.
They enjoyed a picnic with potted fish and homemade bread.

Synonyms

canned

vspotted

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Food preserved and sealed in a can for later use

is cooked then stored often under fat or jelly rather than only sealed

tinned

vspotted

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Food kept sealed in a metal can

is made by cooking and often kept under fat or jelly instead of sealing

Antonyms

fresh

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Recently made or gathered food that is not spoiled

How Preserved

preserved

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canned

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potted

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fresh

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Surface Forms

potted positive

Morphology

potted = pot (transparent) = pot + ed

Describes food that has been preserved or stored in a pot/jar; the composition 'pot' + '-ed' yields the expected meaning.

Etymology

Potted (food) comes from putting meat or fish into a pot or jar and then covering it with fat or jelly to keep it safe. So potted meat is food that has been cooked or stored 'in a pot' to last longer.