pot
noun
a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
pots
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present tense formof pot (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Hannah said gardening offered a "safe space" to "take control of your little space of land or your balcony or your pots in the kitchen or whatever you're able to have".
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Her father, a classically trained oil painter, kept a potter’s wheel in the garage, throwing pots as a hobby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Cubans who once feared government reprisals now criticize the country's leaders and have taken to banging pots and pans in regular nighttime protests.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
They also divide money into different pots, including savings and smaller funds for predictable spending like haircuts.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Abram scoops the hominy into the mess pots, but I don’t want to eat.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
