potting

potting is the present participle and gerund of pot.

Noun

potting (countable and uncountable, plural pottings)

The placing of something in a pot.
- In all subsequent pottings, the ball of roots must be placed so as to form a mound in the middle of the pot, so that the roots will not be liable to saturation; this is an essential requisite in cultivating them successfully.1841, The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists' Magazine, volume 9, page 218
The making of pottery.

pot (third-person singular simple present pots, present participle potting, simple past and past participle potted)

To put (something) into a pot.
- to pot a plant
To preserve by bottling or canning.
- potted meat
To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
(transitive) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
(intransitive) To be capable of being potted.
- The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.
(slang, transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- When hunted, it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees, and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue it with dogs and pot it when treed.1897, Encyclopaedia of Sport

plural	pottings

What does potting mean?: Potting means the placing of something in a pot.
What is potting the present participle and gerund of?: Potting is the present participle and gerund of pot.
What part of speech is potting?: Potting is a noun.
What is the plural of potting?: The plural of potting is pottings.

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