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 Words From

• un·potted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of potted¹

1640–50; 1920–25 potted fordef 4; pot ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

For homes with a balcony or a deck, the winner is a potted Winter Gem Boxwood.

From Washington Blade

Much like her character, Esco frequently quotes influential people and launches into potted history lessons.

From The Daily Beast

Another industry insider is not so kind, “Some artists contribute as much as a potted plant.”

From The Daily Beast

In that chapter, Jennie has a conversation with a potted plant that tries, without success, to talk her out of leaving home.

From The Daily Beast

At the side of another house, a few potted houseplants had begun to wither, but the others still looked perfect.

From The Daily Beast

Republican Sen. John Cornyn complained in a tweet that Congress was being treated like “a potted plant.”

From The Daily Beast

"Potted tongue," she exclaimed, dodging round the table, and lifting various covers.

From Project Gutenberg

On their pretty bamboo trellises the potted morning-glory vines held out flowers as yet unopened.

From Project Gutenberg

Wilder drew forth half a bottle of milk, an open tin of potted ham and several portions of bread.

From Project Gutenberg

We arranged flowers everywhere, and bought potted plants at a little nursery hard by.

From Project Gutenberg

The house is decorated with palms, potted plants, flowers, and other foliage.

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