Pot may refer to:

Containers

Flowerpot A flowerpot, planter, planterette or plant pot is a container in which flowers and other plants are cultivated and displayed. Historically, and still to a significant extent today, they are made from plain terracotta with no ceramic glaze, wit ...

, a container in which plants are cultivated *

Pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a ''potter'' is al ...

, ceramic containers made from clay *

Cooking pot Cookware and bakeware is food preparation equipment, such as cooking pots, pans, baking sheets etc. used in kitchens. Cookware is used on a Kitchen stove, stove or range cooktop, while bakeware is used in an oven. Some utensils are considere ...

, a type of cookware * Pot, a beer glass

Places

* Ken Jones Aerodrome, IATA airport code POT * Palestinian Occupied Territories, the West Bank * Pontefract Tanshelf railway station, England; National Rail station code POT * Po Tat station, Hong Kong; MTR station code POT * Patterson Office Tower, a high-rise office building located at the University of Kentucky

People

* Cor Pot (born 1951), Dutch football manager and player *

Philippe Pot Philippe Pot (1428–1493) was a Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat. He was the ''Lord, seigneur'' of La Rochepot, La Roche and Thorey-sur-Ouche, a Knight of the Golden Fleece, and the Seneschal, Grand Sen ...

(1428–1493), Burgundian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat *

Pol Pot Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled the communist state of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until Cambodian–Vietnamese War, his overthrow in 1979. During ...

(1925–1998), leader of the communist Khmer Rouge in Kampuchea or Cambodia

Art, entertainment, and media

* ''Pot'' (novel), a 1981 novel by Nejc Zaplotnik *

Pot (poker) The pot in poker refers to the sum of money that players wager during a single hand or game, according to the betting rules of the variant being played. It is likely that the word ''pot'' is related to or derived from the word '' jackpot''. At ...

, the amount to be won in gambling * P.O.T., former Filipino rock band * "

The Pot "The Pot" is a song by American rock band Tool, which was released as a promotional single from their fourth studio album '' 10,000 Days'' (2006). It became Tool's first number one song, topping the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart in 200 ...

", a 2006 song by Tool

Computing and electronics

* .pot, file extension for template files of

gettext In computing, gettext is an internationalization and localization (i18n and l10n) system commonly used for writing multilingual programs on Unix-like computer operating systems. One of the main benefits of gettext is that it separates programmi ...

, the GNU localization software * .pot, file extension for

Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program, developed by Microsoft. It was originally created by Robert Gaskins, Tom Rudkin, and Dennis Austin at a software company named Forethought, Inc. It was released on April 20, 1987, initially ...

template files * Pot, a ceramic insulator supporting an electric conductor rail to provide electric traction power to trains *

Potentiometer A potentiometer is a three- terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat. The measuring instrum ...

, a variable resistor, informally known as a "pot" or "trim pot" * POT, acronym for 'plain old telephone', a traditional phone as in

plain old telephone service Plain old telephone service (POTS), or publicly offered telephone service, is basic Voice band, voice-grade telephone service. Historically, POTS has been delivered by Analog signal, analog signal transmission over copper loops, but the term also d ...

Plants

* Pot, a slang term for the drug

cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae that is widely accepted as being indigenous to and originating from the continent of Asia. However, the number of species is disputed, with as many as three species be ...

(marijuana) * Pot., the abbreviation for the orchid genus × ''Potinara''

Other uses

PotashCorp The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, also known as PotashCorp, was a company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The company merged with Calgary-based Agrium to form Nutrien, in a transaction that closed on January 1, 2018. The company was the ...

, stock symbol: POT * Pot belly, informally known as a "pot" *

Fishing pot A fish trap is a animal trapping, trap used for fishing, catching fish and other aquatic animals of value. Fish traps include fishing weirs, lobster trap, cage traps, fish wheels and some fishing net rigs such as fyke nets. The use of traps ar ...

, a trap used for fishing * Peaks over Threshold (POT), a method in

extreme value theory Extreme value theory or extreme value analysis (EVA) is the study of extremes in statistical distributions. It is widely used in many disciplines, such as structural engineering, finance, economics, earth sciences, traffic prediction, and Engin ...

in maths