flowerpot
UK/ˈflaʊəˌpɒt//ˈflaʊɚˌpɑt/
flowerpot noun: a pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
Noun
flowerpot (plural flowerpots)
- A pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
- O Laurinella! little doſt thou wot
How fraile a flower thou doſt ſo highly prize:
Beauty's the flower, but love the flower-pot
That muſt preſerve it, els it quickly dyes.1653, William Basse, “Clio, or The First Muse; in 9 Eglogues in Honor of 9 Vertues. As It was in His Dayes Intended. [Munday. Laurinella. Eglogue. Of True and Chast Love.]”, in J[ohn] P[ayne]... - I hope you will think kindly of my whitened bones, and never have anything more to do with Greek writing on flower-pots, sir, if I may make so bold as to say so.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Job Has a Presentiment”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 247
- O Laurinella! little doſt thou wot
Proper noun capitalized: Flowerpot
Flowerpot
- A locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
flowerpot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
flowerpot in Hindi
- container in which plants are grown
- गमला gamlā, गुलदान guldān
flowerpot in Tamil
- container in which plants are grown
- பூந்தொட்டி pūntoṭṭi
flowerpot in Marathi
- flowerpot
- कुंडी kuṇḍī
flowerpot in Urdu
- container in which plants are grown
- گَمْلا gamlā, گُلْدان guldān
More languagesFewer languages
- flowerpot in Telugu
- పూల కుండ pūla kuṇḍa, పూలకుండి pūlakuṇḍi
- flowerpot in Malayalam
- ചെടിച്ചട്ടി ceṭiccaṭṭi
- flowerpot in Punjabi
- ਫੁੱਲਦਾਨ phulladān, ਗੁਲਦਾਨ guldān
- flowerpot in Nepali
- गमला gamlā
- flowerpot in Tagalog
- yanga, paso
- flowerpot in Arabic
- أَصِيص الزُّهُور ʔaṣīṣ az-zuhūr, أَصِيص ʔaṣīṣ
- flowerpot in Malay
- pasu bunga
- flowerpot in Indonesian
- pot bunga
- flowerpot in Thai
- กระถางดอกไม้ grà-tǎang-dɔ̀ɔk-máai, กระถางต้นไม้ grà-tǎang-dtôn-máai
- flowerpot in Vietnamese
- chậu, chậu hoa
- flowerpot in Myanmar
- ပန်းအိုး pan:ui:
Forms of flowerpot
| plural | flowerpots |
|---|---|
| alternative form | flower pot |
| alternative form | flower-pot |
Origin of flowerpot
From flower + pot.
Words formed from flowerpot
Phrases with flowerpot
Questions about flowerpot
- What does flowerpot mean?
- Flowerpot means a pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
- What is flowerpot in Hindi?
- Flowerpot in Hindi is गमला (gamlā), गुलदान (guldān). See Flowerpot meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flowerpot?
- Flowerpot can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce flowerpot?
- Flowerpot is pronounced /ˈflaʊɚˌpɑt/ (US).
- What is the plural of flowerpot?
- The plural of flowerpot is flowerpots.
Words near flowerpot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flowerpot (page history and authors); Flowerpot (page history and authors); कुंडी (Marathi) (page history and authors); ਗੁਲਦਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); गमला (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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