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Pot
noun 1.Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid. 3.The quantity contained in a pot. Synonym: potful. 4.A container in which plants are cultivated. Synonym: flowerpot. 5.(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad. "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" 6.The cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker). Synonyms: jackpot, kitty. 8.A resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets. Synonym: potentiometer. 9.Street names for marijuana. Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed. verb (past & past part. potted; pres. part. potting)
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