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Meaning of pot

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pot
      n 1: metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round
           and deep; often has a handle and lid
      2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
         {toilet}, {can}, {commode}, {crapper}, {pot}, {potty},
         {stool}, {throne}]
      3: the quantity contained in a pot [syn: {pot}, {potful}]
      4: a container in which plants are cultivated [syn: {pot},
         {flowerpot}]
      5: (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"; "see the rest of the
         winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
         plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
         {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great deal},
         {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint},
         {mountain}, {muckle}, {passel}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty},
         {pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate},
         {stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}]
      6: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
         [syn: {pot}, {jackpot}, {kitty}]
      7: slang for a paunch [syn: {pot}, {potbelly}, {bay window},
         {corporation}, {tummy}]
      8: a resistor with three terminals, the third being an
         adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios
         and TV sets [syn: {potentiometer}, {pot}]
      9: street names for marijuana [syn: {pot}, {grass}, {green
         goddess}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke},
         {skunk}, {locoweed}, {Mary Jane}]
      v 1: plant in a pot; "He potted the palm"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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