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• po
  po

  noun

  a chamber pot.
• Po
  Po

  noun

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

  abbreviation

  (in prescriptions) by mouth.
• PO
  PO

  abbreviation

  post office. Also P.O.
• P.O.
  P.O.

  abbreviation

  post office. Also PO

po

¹ American  

[poh] / poʊ /

noun

Australia and New Zealand.

pos plural

1. a chamber pot.

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Po ² American  

[poh] / poʊ /

noun

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

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Po ³ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. polonium.

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p.o. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) by mouth.

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PO ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. post office. Also P.O.

2. Baseball. putout; putouts.

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P.O. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. post office. Also PO

2. parole officer.

3. petty officer.

4. Chiefly British. postal (money) order.

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PO ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Post Office

2. Personnel Officer

3. petty officer

4. Pilot Officer

5. Also: p.o..  postal order

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Po ² British  

symbol

1. polonium

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Po ³ British  

/ pəʊ /

noun

1. Latin name: Padus.  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)

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po ⁴ British  

/ pəʊ /

noun

1. an informal word for chamber pot

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• pos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of po¹

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

Origin of p.o.⁴

From Latin per ōs

Example Sentences

They said that whatever it was it strengthened Governor Smith's po- sition tremendously.

From Time Magazine Archive

The giant blue sky, the fields of po- tatoes and corn, the white houses with red tile roofs, the rocky canyons, the mountains towering overhead.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Not if it is contrary to the faith of your father, or calculated to interfere with your own po- litical prospects.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

Its x:24 purpose is good, and its practice is safer and more po-         tent than that of any other sanitary method.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

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