potted

[pot-id]

adjective

1. placed or enclosed in a pot.

2. transplanted into or grown in a pot.

3. preserved or cooked in a pot.

   potted beef.

4. Slang.,  drunk.

5. British Slang.,  (of the treatment of a subject) shallow; superficial.

potted

/ ˈpɒtɪd /

adjective

1. placed or grown in a pot

2. cooked or preserved in a pot

   potted shrimps

3. informal,  summarized or abridged

   a potted version of a novel

Other Word Forms

• unpotted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of potted¹

1640–50; 1920–25 potted for def. 4; pot ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Here's a potted guide to the Mercury Prize's class of 2025.

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She looked out over the potted succulents and winding stone pathways they had spent so many weekends tending together.

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From shattered stairways, residents emerge with potted plants and bags of clothes covered in dust that somehow survived the strike.

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Other residents and helpers have been showing up to give what they can, adding everything from aloe plants to coast live oak saplings to a 7-foot Aleppo pine someone had potted in a bucket.

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Some potted coriander plants and a hummus product have been recalled in Northern Ireland due to the possible presence of listeria.

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