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winepot

winepot noun: a pot for holding wine.

Noun

winepot (plural winepots)

  1. A pot for holding wine.
    • These kilns were being used to fire porcelain winepots.1939 June, W. J. Sutton, “W. J. Sutton Writes from Foochow, China”, in The Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society, volume 18, number 6, page 234
    • They exclaimed over teapots and dessertware in the forms of stylized cauliflowers, pineapples, cabbages, and Chinese melon-shaped winepots.1950, Jean Gorely, Wedgwood, New York, N.Y.: Gramercy Publishing Company, page 18

Forms of winepot

pluralwinepots

Origin of winepot

From Middle English wyne-potte, wynpot, equivalent to wine + pot.

Questions about winepot

What does winepot mean?
Winepot means a pot for holding wine.
What part of speech is winepot?
Winepot is a noun.
What is the plural of winepot?
The plural of winepot is winepots.

Words near winepot in the dictionary

  1. Winemiller
  2. Winemillers
  3. winemonger
  4. winemongers
  5. wineology
  6. winepot
  7. winepots
  8. winepress
  9. winepresses
  10. winer
  11. winerack

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