Pot

Pot

Pot may refer to:

Containers

* Flowerpot, a container for growing plants
* Cooking pot
* Chamber pot
* Pot (poker)
* Pot glass, a kind of beer glass
* Pot haircut, looking as though someone put a bowl on the head and cut off all the visible hair
* Fishing pot, containers for trapping crabs
* Shannon Pot, the traditional source of the River Shannon

Abbreviations and symbols

* Potentiometer, a variable resistor
* Microsoft PowerPoint template, which has the file extension ".pot"
* The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, stock symbol: POT
* Pontefract Tanshelf railway station, England; National Rail station code POT
* Pot, the abbreviation for the orchid genus "Potinara"
* A Plain Old telephone, that is not a digital telephone, used on the Plain Old Telephone Service

Other

* Pottery
* The Prince of Tennis
* Pol Pot, leader of the communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge (13 May 19757 January 1979)
* Pot, a slang term for the drug cannabis (marijuana)
* Pot, the pooled wagers or other funds being competed for when gambling or in tournaments, in games and sports such as poker and pool


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  • pot — pot …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • pot — [ po ] n. m. • 1155; lat. pop. °pottus, potus, o. préceltique 1 ♦ Récipient de ménage, destiné surtout à contenir liquides et aliments. Pot de cuivre, d étain; de faïence, de grès, de porcelaine, de terre. « Un de ces charmants pots d argile… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • pot — POT. s. m. Sorte de vase de terre, ou de métal servant à divers usages. Pot de terre. pot de fer. pot de cuivre. pot de fayence. pot d argent. pot d étain. pot de grais. pot au lait. pot à boire. pot de chambre, ou pot à pisser. un pot à beurre.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • pot — Pot, est un nom general à tout petit vaisseau d or, argent, cuyvre, estain, terre ou d autre matiere à mettre vin, eauë, ou autre liqueur à boire. Car il vient de {{t=g}}pinô{{/t}} verbe Grec, qui signifie boire, duquel descendent ces vocales,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Pot — Pot, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pot — pot1 [pät] n. [ME < OE pott, akin to Du & Fr pot < ML pottus < VL potus, drinking cup < L, a drink < potare: see POTABLE] 1. a round vessel of any size, made of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, cooking or… …   English World dictionary

  • pòt — pot, pouet m. pot ; bocal ; godet. Pòt de confitura, pòt de vèire : pot de confiture ; bocal de verre. Pòt de posa raca : godet de noria. expr. A la fortuna dau pòt : à la fortune du pot. Destapar lo pòt a ròsas : découvrir le pot aux roses. voir …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • Pot TV — is a web based video channel owned by Canadian cannabis activist Marc Emery. Gregory Williams is the manager of the station, who along with Marc Emery and Michelle Rainey, was arrested in July, 2005 by Canadian police at the request of the… …   Wikipedia

  • POT — bezeichnet: im englischsprachigen Raum umgangssprachlich THC haltige Drogen, siehe auch Drogenhanf im französischsprachigen Raum Kanne, Topf, Umtrunk beim Poker und einigen anderen Kartenspielen die von den Spielern insgesamt gemachten Einsätze.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pot — POT, poturi, s.n. Sumă rezultată din mizele strânse într un tur al unui joc de cărţi. – Din fr. pot. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 04.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  pot s. n., pl. póturi Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  POT poturi n …   Dicționar Român

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