A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes). • The nominal household cooking vessel, metaphorically standing for the supply of food for a meal, or for the home. • Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly • A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot. • A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee pot or teapot. • A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot. • A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory. • A crucible: a melting pot. • A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot. • A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot. • A perforated cask for draining sugar. • An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor. • A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL). • Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave. • A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies. • Ruin or deterioration. • Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot. • An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet. • A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground. • The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement. • An allocation of money for a particular purpose. • A favorite: a heavily-backed horse. • Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”). • Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”). • A plaster cast. • Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.