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.
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, IATA airport code POT
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Palestinian Occupied Territories
The Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, namely: the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. The In ...
, 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 Racecourse, Pontefract Races, the racecourse located just down the street from the station. It lies on th ...
, England; National Rail station code POT
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Po Tat station, 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
Cornelis "Cor" Pot (born 8 June 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former professional footballer.
Playing career
Pot started his career with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy.
Coaching career ...
(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 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 ...
, the amount to be won
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P.O.T., 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 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 instrume ...
, 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 plain ordinary telephone system, is a retronym for voice-grade telephone service employing analog signal transmission over copper loops. POTS was the standard service offering from telephone companies from 1 ...
Statistics and Mathematics
* Peaks over Threshold (POT), a method in
extreme value theory
Extreme value theory or extreme value analysis (EVA) is a branch of statistics dealing with the extreme deviations from the median of probability distributions. It seeks to assess, from a given ordered sample of a given random variable, the pr ...
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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 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 fil ...
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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 trap used for fishing.
See also
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POTS (disambiguation)
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