pot

noun

1. A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
2. The nominal household cooking vessel, metaphorically standing for the supply of food for a meal, or for the home.
3. A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
4. A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee pot or teapot.
5. A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
6. A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory.
7. A crucible: a melting pot.
8. A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
9. A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
10. A perforated cask for draining sugar.
11. An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.
12. A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
13. Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
14. A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
15. Ruin or deterioration.
16. Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
17. An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
18. A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
19. The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
20. An allocation of money for a particular purpose.