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pot-bound

pot-bound adjective: having outgrown the size of the pot, such that its roots have no more room to grow.

Adjective

pot-bound (comparative more pot-bound, superlative most pot-bound)

  1. Having outgrown the size of the pot, such that its roots have no more room to grow.
    Synonyms:
    root-bound

Synonyms of pot-bound

Forms of pot-bound

comparativemore pot-bound
superlativemost pot-bound

Origin of pot-bound

From pot + bound.

Questions about pot-bound

What does pot-bound mean?
Pot-bound means having outgrown the size of the pot, such that its roots have no more room to grow.
What part of speech is pot-bound?
Pot-bound is an adjective.

Words near pot-bound in the dictionary

  1. pot-belliedness
  2. pot-bellies
  3. pot-belly
  4. pot-boiler
  5. pot-boilers
  6. pot-bound
  7. pot-boy
  8. pot-boys
  9. pot-companion
  10. pot-companions
  11. pot-et-fleur

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