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Synonyms of pot

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Another word for pot is cookpot. Other synonyms of pot are cooking pot, can, chamber pot, potty and shitpot.

Synonyms and similar words for pot

nounA flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see...

  • cookpotA cooking pot.
  • cooking potAny vessel (such as a saucepan), with or without a lid, used to cook food.

nounA vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the...

  • canA toilet or lavatory.
  • chamber potA container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the...
  • pottyA chamber pot.
  • shitpotA chamber pot or toilet.
  • chamber
  • chemical toiletA toilet or chamber pot which treats waste in place with chemical disinfectants and deodorizers, as in airplane...
  • commodeA chair containing a chamber pot.
  • crapperA chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.
  • john US, slangA device or place for urination and defecation: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or...
  • jordanA chamber pot.
  • latrineA chamber pot.
  • pee potA pot used for peeing: a chamber pot.
  • pisspotA portable container used for urination, especially in hospitals or in the absence of indoor plumbing; a chamber pot.
  • piss pot
  • potty-chair
  • shitbucketSynonym of shitpot (in all senses).
  • shitcanA receptacle for holding excrement, especially the removable can on a latrine.
  • slop bucketA bucket used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot.
  • stoolA close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.
  • throneA toilet.
  • thunder mug
  • Cousin John obsoleteA place or device for urination and defecation: an outhouse or chamber pot.
  • gazunder UK, datedA chamber pot.
  • guzunder UK, dated
  • honey bucket obsolete, slangA chamber pot: a bucket used for urination and defecation.
  • honeypot obsolete, slangA chamber pot.
  • Jerry UK, datedA chamber pot.
  • johnny US, datedSynonym of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot.
  • mingo obsoleteA nearly extinct polysynthetic language of the Northern Iroquoian language family.
  • necessary stool obsoleteA stool or seat used for the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: a chamber pot or toilet.
  • pan obsoleteThe chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
  • po Australia, UK
  • stool of easement obsoleteA stool upon which to ease one's bowels: a commode, a chamber pot.
  • toilet obsoleteA chamber pot.
  • urinal obsoleteA chamber pot specially designed or considered as a device for urination.

nounA pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.

nounA glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).

  • middy AustraliaA measure of 285 ml (10 fl oz) of beer; a pot.
  • schooner Australia

nounThe money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance...

  • kittySynonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”).
  • pool

nounMarijuana.

Meaning of pot

  1. noun A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
  2. noun The nominal household cooking vessel, metaphorically standing for the supply of food for a meal, or for the home.
  3. noun A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.

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Questions about synonyms of pot

What is another word for pot?
Pot has 95 synonyms on Word.ws, such as cookpot, cooking pot, can, chamber pot, potty, shitpot, chamber and chemical toilet.
What does pot mean?
Pot means a flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).

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