pot
part of speech
noun (pot, pots); verb (pot, pots, potted, potting)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pot is a deep round container for cooking, like a saucepan. tree →
2) A pot is a container for growing plants (a flowerpot). tree →
3) A pot can be a container for drinks or food: a teapot, a pot of jam. tree →
4) To pot a plant is to put it in a pot. tree →
5) «Pots of money» means a lot of money. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a container: plants per pot, soup in a pot; pots counted; pots needed = plants ÷ per pot, rounded up. In everyday life: cooking, pots and pans, a pot of tea. In science: growing seeds in pots. In stories: a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; «a watched pot never boils».
examples
- Each pot has 3 flowers. tree →
- She has 8 pots. tree →
- The pot holds 4 liters of soup. tree →
- How many pots are needed for 15 plants? tree →
- Grandma made a big pot of stew. tree →
- We potted the seedlings in small pots. tree →
- There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. tree →
- Turn the pot handle away from the edge of the stove. tree →
- Mum made a pot of tea. tree →
- The cooking pot was wonderful, too. tree →
note
«In each pot» is a rate: total = per pot × pots. Pots needed = plants ÷ per pot, rounded up. Trap: count plants, not pots, unless asked. Safety: hot pots burn; turn handles inward and use oven gloves. A pot is deeper than a pan.
In the corpora
- And the cartoon bear who eats honey straight from a pot?
- In the locker: «biscuits, potted lobster, sardines».
- Miles later, on a wide common, he finds a man by a caravan with a pot of stew bubbling over a fire.
- The Cat asks the curtain, the fire and the milk-pots to remember.
- You will need: a pot, soil, a seed, water. 1.
Trees and pragmatics
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