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POT/pɒt/

A pot is a deep round container: a pot of tea, a plant pot, a cooking pot. A pan is often shallower for frying; a cup is for drinking. In the pot; a pot of yoghurt. Countable: a pot, pots. Not pot as a slang drug word — teach the kitchen/garden meaning.

Meaning

A deep round container for cooking, plants, or other things.

Examples

• “Put the plant in a pot.”
• “The soup is in a big pot.”
• “This pot is too small for the plant.”

Good to know

a pot of tea / a plant pot. Contrast: pan (shallower), cup (drink). Deep container.

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