Pot may refer to:
Containers
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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, wi ...
, a container in which plants are cultivated
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Pottery
Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and por ...
, ceramic ware made by potters
* A type of
cookware
Cookware and bakeware is food preparation equipment, such as cooking pots, pans, baking sheets etc. used in kitchens. Cookware is used on a stove or range cooktop, while bakeware is used in an oven. Some utensils are considered both cookware ...
Places
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Ken Jones Aerodrome
Ken Jones Aerodrome is an airport located west of Port Antonio, in northeastern Jamaica. The facility is named after Jamaican civil servant and politician Kenneth Arthur Newton Jones. It serves tourist resorts in the area and local travel.
K ...
, IATA airport code POT
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Palestinian Occupied Territories, the West Bank
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Pontefract Tanshelf railway station
Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is the most central station in the town of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, and serves Pontefract Races, the racecourse located just down the street from the station. It lies on the Pontefract Line ope ...
, England; National Rail station code POT
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Po Tat station
Po Tat () is a proposed MTR station on the proposed . It will be located at Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong District, Kowloon
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,0 ...
, Hong Kong; MTR station code POT
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Patterson Office Tower
The Patterson Office Tower is a high-rise building on the University of Kentucky (UK) campus in Lexington, Kentucky. It is UK's only current high-rise following the 2020 demolition of the Kirwan–Blanding residence hall complex, which had incl ...
, a high-rise office building located at the University of Kentucky
People
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Cor Pot (born 1951), Dutch football manager and player
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Philippe Pot
Philippe Pot (1428–1493) was a Burgundian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat. He was the ''seigneur'' of La Roche and Thorey-sur-Ouche, a Knight of the Golden Fleece, and the Grand Seneschal of Burgundy.
Life and career
Born in 142 ...
(1428–1493), Burgundian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat
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Pol Pot
Pol Pot; (born Saloth Sâr;; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary, dictator, and politician who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist a ...
(1925–1998), leader of the communist Khmer Rouge in Kampuchea or Cambodia
Art, entertainment, and media
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''Pot'' (novel), a 1981 novel by Nejc Zaplotnik
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Pot (poker), the amount to be won
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P.O.T.
P.O.T. was a Filipino rock band, formed in 1994 and officially disbanded in 2005. The band was fronted by Karl Roy who also fronted the bands Advent Call and Kapatid. The group is famous for their 1997 remake of the song "Yugyugan Na", original ...
, former Filipino rock band
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The Pot
"The Pot" is a song by American rock band Tool and 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 2007. ...
", a 2006 song by Tool
Computing and technology
* .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, created by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin at a software company named Forethought, Inc. It was released on April 20, 1987, initially for Macintosh computers only. Microsoft acquired PowerPoi ...
template files
* Pot, a ceramic insulator supporting an
electric conductor rail to provide electric traction power to trains
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Potentiometer, 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
Statistics and Mathematics
* Peaks over Threshold (POT), a method in
extreme value theory.
Plants
* Pot, a slang term for the drug
cannabis
''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...
(marijuana)
* Pot., the abbreviation for the orchid genus
× ''Potinara''
Other uses
* (, ''Khýtroi'',
"The Pots"), the last day of the
Anthesteria
The Anthesteria (; grc, Ἀνθεστήρια ) was one of the four Athenian festivals in honor of Dionysus. It was held each year from the 11th to the 13th of the month of Anthesterion, around the time of the January or February full moon. The ...
festival in ancient Athens
* Pot, a 285ml
beer glass
Beer glassware comprise vessels made of glass, designed or commonly used for serving and drinking beer. Styles of glassware vary in accord with national or regional traditions; legal or customary requirements regarding serving measures and fill ...
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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 th ...
, stock symbol: POT
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Pot belly
Abdominal obesity, also known as central obesity and truncal obesity, is a condition when excessive visceral fat around the stomach and abdomen has built up to the extent that it is likely to have a negative impact on health. Abdominal obesity has ...
, informally known as a "pot"
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Fishing pot
A fish trap is a trapping, trap used for fishing. Fish traps include fishing weir, fishing weirs, lobster trap, lobster traps, and some fishing nets such as fyke nets.
Traps are culturally almost universal and seem to have been independently inv ...
, a trap used for fishing.
See also
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POTS (disambiguation)
Pot may refer to:
Containers
* Flowerpot, a container in which plants are cultivated
* Pottery, ceramic ware made by potters
* A type of cookware
Places
* Ken Jones Aerodrome, IATA airport code POT
* Palestinian Occupied Territories, the Wes ...
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