pot

1

cooking

 [countable] a container used for cooking which is round, deep, and usually made of metal:

pots and pans

pot of

There was a big pot of soup on the stove.

2

for a plant

 [countable] a container for a plant, usually made of plastic or baked clay:

herbs growing in pots

3

tea/coffee

 [countable] a container with a handle and a small tube for pouring, used to make tea or coffee:

Is there any tea left in the pot?

pot of

I'll make a pot of coffee.

➔ coffee pot, teapot

4

for food, paint etc

 [countable] British English a round container for storing foods such as jam that are slightly liquid, or for substances such as glue or paint

pot of

a pot of blue paint

jam/paint/yoghurt etc pot

5

bowl/dish etc

 [countable] a dish, bowl, plate, or other container that is made by shaping clay and then baking it [↪ pottery]:

an earthenware pot

6

 go to pot

informal if something such as a place or an organization goes to pot, it becomes much worse or fails because no one is taking care of it:

The government has let the whole country go to pot.

7

 pots of money

British English informal a lot of money:

They've got pots of money in the bank.

He's hoping to make pots of money from the deal.

8

money

 the pot

a) money that is available to do something, especially money that people have collected

in the pot

So far we've got £150 in the pot.

b) all the money that people have risked in a card game, and which can be won

in the pot

There was $1000 in the pot.

9

drug

 [uncountable] old-fashioned informal marijuana:

Michael was smoking pot with some friends.

10

 (a case of) the pot calling the kettle black

informal used humorously to say that you should not criticize someone for something, because you have done the same thing or have the same fault

11

stomach

 [countable] a potbelly

12

hit a ball

 [countable] British English the act of hitting a ball into one of the pockets (=holes at the edge of the table) in games such as billiards,pool, and snooker

13

toilet

 [countable] informal a toilet

➔ chamber pot, chimney pot, flowerpot, lobsterpot, melting pot

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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