"pot" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /pɔt/ Forms: pottes [plural], potte [alternative], pott [alternative], poot [alternative], pote [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English pott and Old French pot, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *puttaz, from Proto-Indo-European *budnós. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|pott}} Old English pott, {{bor|enm|fro|pot}} Old French pot, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*puttaz}} Proto-Germanic *puttaz, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*budnós}} Proto-Indo-European *budnós Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} pot, {{enm-noun|pottes}} pot (plural pottes)
  1. A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel:
    A cookpot (a pot used for cooking in)
    Sense id: en-pot-enm-noun-98RZ8D~l Categories (other): Cookware and bakeware Disambiguation of Cookware and bakeware: 29 13 13 13 3 24 2 2
  2. A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel:
    A pot used for storing substances (especially food or water)
    Sense id: en-pot-enm-noun-4GJ1ROJP Categories (other): Cookware and bakeware Disambiguation of Cookware and bakeware: 29 13 13 13 3 24 2 2
  3. A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel:
    A pot used for ladling or serving liquids; a beaker.
    Sense id: en-pot-enm-noun-ksnjCQ1O Categories (other): Cookware and bakeware Disambiguation of Cookware and bakeware: 29 13 13 13 3 24 2 2
  4. A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel:
    A measurement for the quantity of liquids.
    Sense id: en-pot-enm-noun-3yfXxa~h Categories (other): Cookware and bakeware Disambiguation of Cookware and bakeware: 29 13 13 13 3 24 2 2
  5. A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel:
    A pot of a certain material or manufacture:
    A ceramic pot or vessel.
    Sense id: en-pot-enm-noun-Edxj49Ue Categories (other): Ceramics Disambiguation of Ceramics: 5 5 5 5 64 5 5 5
  6. A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel:
    A pot of a certain material or manufacture:
    A pot or vessel made out of metal.
    Sense id: en-pot-enm-noun-An84c23U Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Containers, Cookware and bakeware, Units of measure Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 13 13 13 6 28 1 8 Disambiguation of Containers: 15 13 12 13 12 29 3 3 Disambiguation of Cookware and bakeware: 29 13 13 13 3 24 2 2 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 18 12 14 19 3 28 3 3
  7. (rare) The top of the skull. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-pot-enm-noun-xRDd88qr
  8. (rare) A shard of earthen material. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-pot-enm-noun-amEcDx1y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pot stik, potage, potager, potell, poteller, potful, pottere, pyssepotte

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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