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Another word for pot

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Noun

  1. Something risked on an uncertain outcome

      1. An agreement under which each bettor pledges a certain amount to the other depending on the outcome of an unsettled matter.
      2. A matter bet on; a gamble.
      3. Something that is staked on an uncertain outcome; a bet:
      1. A piece of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a marker, fence pole, or tent peg.
      2. A vertical post to which an offender is bound for execution by burning.
      3. Execution by burning. Used with the:
      1. An agreement usually between two parties that the one who has made an incorrect prediction about an uncertain outcome will forfeit something stipulated to the other; a wager:
      2. An amount or object risked in a wager; a stake:
      3. One on which a stake is or can be placed:
      1. The stake that each poker player must put into the pool before receiving a hand or before receiving new cards.
      2. A price to be paid, especially as one's share; cost:
      3. To put (one's stake) into the pool in poker.
    See also:

    gambling

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Another word for pot

Noun

  1. Container

      1. A vessel made of a refractory substance such as graphite or porcelain, used for melting and calcining materials at high temperatures.
      2. An extremely difficult experience or situation; a severe test or trial:
      3. A place, time, or situation in which different social forces or intellectual influences come together and cause new developments:
      1. A container in which a substance is melted.
      2. A place or society in which immigrants of different cultures or races form a single culture.
      1. A vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle.
      2. A machine in which materials are ground and blended or crushed.
      3. A portable, usually muzzleloading cannon used to fire shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high trajectories.
      1. A large vessel, such as a kettle or vat, used for boiling.
      2. A state or situation of great distress or unrest felt to resemble a boiling kettle or vat:
      1. A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.
      2. The contents of such a vessel.
      3. A drinking goblet.
      1. One that pitches.
      2. The player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter.
      3. A seven iron used in golf.
      1. A vase of varying size and shape, usually having a footed base or pedestal.
      2. A closed metal vessel having a spigot and used for warming or serving tea or coffee.
      3. The spore-bearing part of a moss capsule.
      1. A cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquids or solids; a pail.
      2. The amount that a bucket can hold:
      3. A unit of dry measure in the US Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).
      1. A container that holds items or matter.
      2. The expanded tip of a flower stalk or axis that bears the floral parts or the florets of the flower head.
      3. A fitting connected to a power supply and equipped to receive a plug.
      1. A box or can of thin metal or plastic used for holding dry foodstuffs or cooking ingredients, such as flour or sugar.
      2. A small plastic container used for storing a roll of film.
      3. A metal container that holds pressurized gas, as one containing tear gas that explodes on impact or one containing oxygen as part of a breathing apparatus.
      1. An earthenware vessel.
      2. A broken piece of earthenware.
      3. Foolish talk; nonsense:
      1. Used to indicate physical or mental ability:
      2. Used to indicate possession of a specified power, right, or privilege:
      3. Used to indicate possession of a specified capability or skill:
      1. A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.
      2. Such a container and its contents.
      3. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters).
      1. A large drinking cup having a single handle and often a hinged cover, especially a tall pewter or silver mug.
      1. A heavy cylindrical drinking cup usually having a handle.
      2. The amount that such a cup can hold.
      1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.
      2. The amount that a jar can hold.
      3. A glass of beer.
      1. A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.
      2. The amount that a jug can hold.
      3. A small pitcher.
      1. A shallow, wide, open container, usually of metal and without a lid, used for holding liquids, cooking, and other domestic purposes.
      2. An open metal dish used to separate gold or other metal from gravel or waste by washing.
      3. Either of the receptacles on a balance or pair of scales.
      1. A metal pot, usually with a lid, for boiling or stewing.
      2. A teakettle.
      3. A kettledrum.
      1. A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids.
      2. A craft, especially one larger than a rowboat, designed to navigate on water.
      3. An airship.
    See also:

    container

  2. *Marijuana

      1. A sound uttered to show contempt, scorn, or disapproval.
      2. Any sound or word:
      3. Used to express contempt, scorn, or disapproval or to frighten or surprise another.
      1. A plant considered undesirable, unattractive, or troublesome, especially one that grows where it is not wanted and often grows or spreads fast or takes the place of desired plants.
      2. An aquatic plant or alga, especially seaweed.
      3. Something considered useless, detrimental, or worthless.
      1. A member of the grass family.
      2. The members of the grass family considered as a group.
      3. Any of various plants having slender leaves similar to those of a grass.
      1. A place or part at which two or more things are joined.
      2. A way in which two or more things are joined:
      3. A point of articulation between two or more bones, especially such a connection that allows motion.
      1. A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
      2. Narcotics considered as a group.
      3. An illicit drug, especially marijuana.
      1. A short, heavy, close-fitting, double-breasted jacket.
      2. A close-fitting, single-breasted or double-breasted coat.
      3. A person, such as a midshipman, who reefs.
      1. A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis sativa), native to Central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
      2. Any of several mildly euphoriant, intoxicating hallucinogenic drugs, such as ganja, hashish, or marijuana, prepared from various parts of this plant.
    See also:

    marijuana

    drug

Idioms:

    go-to-pot

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  • She was cleaning the coffee pot and Alex was reclining in a chair at the table, enjoying the last cup of coffee.

  • It might get the pot boiling a bit.

  • Supposing the pot to be filled with melted lead to be treated, the fire is withdrawn beneath and steam introduced.

  • She stirred the pot of stew and stepped away from the fire.

  • She rinsed the pot again before responding.

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