Po

¹

[ poh ]

noun

1. a river in Italy, flowing E from the Alps in the NW to the Adriatic. 418 miles (669 km) long.

Po

²

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. polonium ( def ).

po

³

[ poh ]

noun

, Australia and New Zealand.

, plural pos.

1. a chamber pot.

p.o.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) by mouth.

PO

⁵

abbreviation for

1. post office. Also P.O.
2. Baseball. putout; putouts.

P.O.

⁶

abbreviation for

1. post office. Also PO
2. parole officer.
3. petty officer.
4. Chiefly British. postal (money) order.

PO

¹

abbreviation for

1. Post Office
2. Personnel Officer
3. petty officer
4. Pilot Officer
5. Alsop.o. postal order

Po

²

the chemical symbol for

1. polonium

po

³

/ pəʊ /

noun

1. See chamber pot
   an informal word for chamber pot

Po

⁴

/ pəʊ /

noun

1. a river in N Italy, rising in the Cottian Alps and flowing northeast to Turin, then east to the Adriatic: the longest river in Italy. Length: 652 km (405 miles) Latin namePadus

Word History and Origins

Origin of Po¹

1875–80; probably < French pot ( de chambre ) chamber pot

Origin of Po²

From Latin per ōs

Word History and Origins

Origin of Po¹

C19: from pot ¹

Example Sentences

Asked if he knew the names of the newborn quadruplets, Merritt recalled two: gi—a karate outfit—and po—a chamber pot.

From The Daily Beast

It was completely wrong because it was all about family values and he was so po-faced and serious.

From The Daily Beast

The Wen Wei Po article contains a nugget that tells us why Beijing wanted to get back at the regime in Pyongyang.

From The Daily Beast

What is intriguing with this dog-bites-man story, however, is that it started with Wen Wei Po.

From The Daily Beast

The po-boy traces its roots back to the New Orleans streetcar labor union strike in 1929.

From The Daily Beast

Here were the sources (in part) of the Po and of the Rhine, but I was rather in haste to bid the former good-bye.

From Project Gutenberg

To be able to repeat great po-ems at will, is to have a treasure you can allus carry with you while your voice lasts.

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For instance, 218 were deported to the fever-stricken colony of Fernando Po, and only 94 of them came out alive.

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As soon as he was finally liberated, Po called a meeting of his fellow-prisoners.

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Up came Po and some eight other chiefs, squatted in a big circle around the old dining-room floor, now the smoking-room.

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