pots 1 of 2

noun

Definition of potsnext
plural of pot
1
as in pools
the total of the bets at stake at one time everyone got a bit nervous when the pot grew to more than a hundred dollars

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2
as in loads
a considerable amount made a pot of money in the real estate market

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3
as in bellies
an enlarged or bulging abdomen vowed that he would never get a pot, that telltale sign of middle age

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pots

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pot
as in seeds

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Recent Examples of pots
Noun
Extra Racks Extra oven racks made of heavy steel or heavy pots or pizza stones warming in the oven disrupt the flow of hot air and absorb heat, causing an oven to take longer to warm up. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026 Impatiens Impatiens are commonly grown as bedding plants in the garden, or as filler plants in planters and pots. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026 Use cachepots to hide plain plant pots, protect surfaces from water damage, and elevate home decor without repotting. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026 Chuk shows the flat shelf on top for holding the stove, the tray below for storing things like plates and utensils, and the drawer on bottom for taller and deeper wares like bowls, pots and gas canisters. — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026 Pots and Pans Students who have access to a stovetop or oven should look for pots and pans at the thrift store, Crawley suggests. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 25 Sep. 2026 An employee was also observed not washing their hands properly before handling clean dishes, pots and pans. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 Fermentation occurred in wooden tanks with the agave fibers, the tequila was distilled in copper pot stills, and it was rested in clay pots for 15 days to aerate and pick up some mineral notes before bottling. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2026 This saw all 36 teams separated into four separate pots based on their ranking, with each team drawn two opponents from each pot. — Leon Imber, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pots
  1. pools
  2. loads
  3. bellies
  4. seeds
  5. funds
  6. tons
  7. stomachs
  8. plants
Noun
  • Rooms are below and the pools and gardens on the ground floor – though this does make the lifts a little confusing as numbers go up even though floors go down.
    — Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
  • This spa has been a wellness landmark for two decades thanks to its subterranean hydrotherapy circuit, a sequence of hot tubs, grotto waterfalls, and rain shower pools.
    — Adrienne Matei, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of pools
Noun
  • This is the kind of test that quickly separates a power station that merely has an impressive number printed on its case from one with an inverter and battery management system capable of handling tough, real-world loads.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Data collected from the test rig could allow manufacturers to design heat pumps and heat exchangers for high temperatures, large loads, and changing conditions.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Just below their bellies, their hockey pants were both open at the top.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Consumers who indirectly purchased raw pork bacon or fresh or frozen pork made from bellies, loins, shoulders, ribs or pork chops from one of the companies may be eligible for a cash payment.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of bellies
Verb
  • Start seeds indoors four to eight weeks before the last frost, or sow directly at the soil surface after the last frost.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Place seeds on plate and repeat process with remaining sesame seeds.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 28 July 2026
Definition of seeds
Noun
  • In Taiwan, telecom and media companies have formed joint funds with a public agency.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • For the most part, the funds from alternative investment companies promising investors a piece of the physical infrastructure powering the AI economy remain the province of institutional investors like pension funds.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of funds
Noun
  • According to Colombian police accounts cited by El Tiempo, Pulido coordinated the shipment of approximately two tons of cocaine and 17 kilograms of heroin to Europe in 1999.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Moscow — By agreeing to open Russia’s taps and release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel into a starving global market, the Kremlin has achieved something that raw military might on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine could never deliver.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • Zack Wheeler pitched a gem against Tampa Bay on Sunday and untangled a few thousand knots inside the stomachs of Phillies fans, and even from those inside a mostly solemn clubhouse.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • People were clutching their stomachs, hurling vomit into buckets.
    — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of stomachs
Verb
  • Once Mooney plants the seed of his joke about how unhappy white Americans seemed after slavery the later images of Confederate memorial groups and white crowds at lynchings take on a surreal resonance.
    — Beandrea July, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Mungiu craftily plants the seed of this crisis in his opening shot, set in the aftermath of a stinging act of parental discipline.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of plants

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“Pots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pots. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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