try pot
try pot noun: a large pot used to remove and render the oil from blubber obtained from cetaceans (such as whales and dolphins), from pinnipeds (such as walruses and seals), and (historically, to a lesser extent) from penguins.
Noun
try pot (plural try pots)
- A large pot used to remove and render the oil from blubber obtained from cetaceans (such as whales and dolphins), from pinnipeds (such as walruses and seals), and (historically, to a lesser extent) from penguins.
- Holonym: tryworks
- Along Salamanca Wharf […] was a reminder of what first made the early colony of Tasmania: a large black whaler's trypot, used to boil stripped whale blubber so as to produce oil.2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 183
Forms of try pot
| plural | try pots |
|---|---|
| alternative form | trypot |
| alternative form | try-pot |
Origin of try pot
From try (“to extract oil from whale blubber”) + pot.
Questions about try pot
- What does try pot mean?
- Try pot means a large pot used to remove and render the oil from blubber obtained from cetaceans (such as whales and dolphins), from pinnipeds (such as walruses and seals), and (historically, to a lesser extent) from penguins.
- What part of speech is try pot?
- Try pot is a noun.
- What is the plural of try pot?
- The plural of try pot is try pots.
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